Category: Abuse

Pembroke Pines is a beautiful suburban city close to Miami. Unfortunately, the town is infamous due to the high number of people suffering from substance abuse. Numerous individuals have developed addictions, such as alcohol, drug, and fentanyl. In 2016, Pembroke Pines saw an outbreak of fentanyl abuse, where more than 2,000 people died from it…

Table of Contents Introduction Raising Awareness Education Prevention Treatment Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Substance abuse is, unfortunately, quite a common phenomenon in the 21st-century reality (Holmes 17). While, for the most part, drugs are rather hard to obtain, with prescribed drug abuse, however, the situation becomes more complicated, since the doctor provides the patient with…

The Concept of Health Care Fraud Health care fraud is the imposition of plenty of unnecessary treatments. According to Pyrek (2011), fraud is determined as deceit or breach of confidence perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage (p. 81). It is also should be noted that fraud associated with financial theft.…

Table of Contents Better Coverage for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Redesigning Payment Arrangements Main Challenges References The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offered an opportunity to improve healthcare for people with mental illnesses. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, introduced in 2008, were the long-awaited results of the efforts to enhance insurance…

In most cases, the consumption of substances that alter psychological states or behavior is considered a normal pastime. However, substance abuse  illicit, prescriptive, or licit drugs  has been linked to multiple chronic behavioral and psychotic disorders (Blow & Barry, 2014). Substance abuse or drug abuse can cause adverse physiological, social, or psychological effects…

Most parts of the world had been safe, free from any form of restrictions, and every person was allowed to socialize freely with their friends, relatives, neighbors, and even colleagues. However, this changed in 2019 when the world was fronted with a pandemic claiming the lives of people across the globe. As the disease swiftly…

Healthcare fraud is an intentional practice of misusing the healthcare system for unlawful gains, such as billing patients for services that were never provided or performing unnecessary medical procedures. The difference between fraud and abuse is that the latter is not done intentionally, despite the fact that both incur additional costs for the countrys healthcare…

Table of Contents Introduction Literature Review Significance Research Method Research Analysis and Discussion Limitations of the Research Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Drug misuse and abuse are increasingly widespread problems that lead to higher levels of morbidity and mortality in all groups of the population in the US. It is fascinating, how the same active ingredients…

Table of Contents Introduction Literature Review Significance Research Method Research Analysis and Discussion Limitations of the Research Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Drug misuse and abuse are increasingly widespread problems that lead to higher levels of morbidity and mortality in all groups of the population in the US. It is fascinating how the same active ingredients…

Table of Contents DSM V Criteria Assessment Theoretical Perspective Client Self-Screening Tools References The number of individuals depending on the intake of different substances grows exponentially. Up-to-date medicine struggles between treating humans bodies and spirit as sometimes spending more attention to the first aspect lead to an increase in humans addictions. By peoples nature, it…