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2. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Entire Course (2 Sets) PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 1 Motivation What is your motivation for taking this course? Have you had experience with chemical dependency in your work or personal life that you would care to discuss? • PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 1 • PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 2 • PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 3 • PSY 425 week 1 Individual Assignment Past and Current Trends Paper (2 Papers) • PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 1 • PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 2 • PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 3 • PSY 425 week 2 Individual Assignment Drug Profile Paper (2 Papers)

3. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 2 PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 3 Jellinek Chart The Jellinek Chart is a graphic for understanding how alcoholism progresses. (Click on the link below.) Please take a look at it and let us know what you think. You might want to compare the symptoms with those of someone you know who may have a problem with alcoholism. •  What do you believe are the causes of substance abuse? What are the causes of chemical dependency? Do you think a person has a choice in whether or not he or she moves from abuse to dependency? What are the factors that may influence that choice? Support your opinions with information from the Week One readings. • Your response to this DQ should be at least 250 words.

4. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Week 1 Individual Assignment Past and Current Trends Paper (2 Papers) PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Special Populations Select ONE of the following DQs.  Choice One: What are some risk factors that are unique to female substance abusers? Explain the relationship between substance abuse and violence toward women. • Prepare a 750- to 1,050-word paper examining substance abuse trends in the United States. Include the following: • ·         Identify past and current trends of the use and abuse of substances in the United States. • ·         Discuss when the use of illicit drugs may be considered culturally appropriate (e.g., medicinal purposes, religious ritual).

5. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 2 PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 3 For some people, it may be impossible to notice when one is in danger of moving from alcohol abuse to dependency. Here is a quiz to help identify some of the warning signs.  (Click on the link below.)   Do you think these questions are appropriate, based on your understanding of the process of moving from substance abuse to addiction? • Grief • Read the lecture: "Self-Medication and Other Challenges to Sobriety", linked below. Discuss the role of grief and other "hard emotions" (anger, depression, etc.) in addiction and recovery. Your response to this DQ should be at least 250 words.

6. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Week 2 Individual Assignment Drug Profile Paper (2 Papers) PSY 425 Week 2 Learning Team Discussion Question (UOP Course) At what point are prescription drugs considered an abused substance? • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you identify abused substances and their various effects. Include the following: • ·         Explain the psychology and physiology of addiction. • ·         Identify specific drug substances covering the following categories: stimulants, depressants, narcotics, hallucinogens, and cannabis.

7. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Week 2 Learning Team Summary PSY 425 Week 3 DQ 1 Our society has been described as addictive, promoting the theory that we can become addicted to things other than drugs. Do you believe this is true? Support your opinion and give examples of some things or activities that may be considered addictive.  Do you think that addiction to something other than drugs or alcohol can be as destructive as substance abuse? Why or why not? • Did you or they do it alone or with others? What is or was your initial reaction to being notified that 30% of your grade depends upon the successful cooperation of the learning team?Please remember that a Learning Team discussion should read as if it were written by one person rather than as a collection of individual responses. There is no "I" in team.

8. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Week 3 DQ 2 PSY 425 Week 3 DQ 3 Class, eating disorders are another kind of addictive behavior. Please take a look at this website and let us know what you think. (Click on the link below.) • Read the Lecture, "Help for the Family" attached below. Visit one of the websites listed in the lecture and report your observations to the group.

9. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 week 3 Learning Team Assignment Drug Free Workplace Evaluation Paper (2 Papers) PSY 425 Week 4 DQ 1 This is a website designed to help parents who have questions about drugs, addiction and substance abuse. Please visit this website and discuss some aspect of it with the group. • ·         Company Y is considering instituting a drug-free workplace policy along with mandatory drug testing for new hires.  They are not fully convinced that such a policy is necessary and are cautious of the costs associated with implementing a new program.  You have been contacted to possibly write the policy and later provide training to employees if Company Y decides to adopt your policy.

10. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 Week 4 DQ 2 PSY 425 Week 4 DQ 3 Imagine that you are responsible for hiring a bus driver for one of your school district's elementary schools. You have interviewed several people and are quite sure that you have found the perfect candidate. You call him back for a second interview and introduce him to the other people in the transportation department. When he leaves, one of your co-workers approaches you and says, "Are you going to hire that guy?" When you say you probably will, the co-worker says, "He used to live in my neighborhood. He was a really big drinker back then." • Explain why people with dual diagnosis have a more difficult time remaining sober  • What do you think would be a good course of treatment for someone with dual diagnosis?

11. PSY 425 Course Tutorial PSY 425 week 4 Individual Assignment Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Paper (2 Papers) PSY 425 Week 4 Learning Team Discussion Question (UOP Course) What should an employer do when a test returns positive and the employee disagrees with the results? • Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on legal and ethical issues concerning workplace drug testing while also addressing workplace drug prevention and education programs. Consider these issues: • ·         Types of drug tests, such as urinalysis and sweat tests, and the reliability of those methods

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