Discussion: Concepts of addictive behavior

Journal entry require thoughtful reflection on your personal health. You will also be evaluated on the quality of content. When appropriate, journal entry may require you to discuss ideas and support them by scientific data and references. Your journal entry should include discussion of the content in the module the stood out to you the most, your feelings and opinions on the topic, and how the information you learned will influence you going forward. Also, it should include any other reflective thoughts you may have on the unit.

journal entry should be 400 to 450 words in length.

Chapter 9

Define and discuss the concepts of addictive behavior, substance abuse, and substance dependence.

Explain factors contributing to drug misuse and addiction.

List the major categories of psychoactive drugs, and describe their effects, methods of use, and potential for addiction and dependence.

Discuss social issues related to drug misuse and its prevention and treatment.

Evaluate the role of drugs and other addictive behaviors in your life and identify your risk factors for addiction or substance use disorder.

Chapter 10

Explain how alcohol is absorbed and metabolized by the body.

Describe the immediate and long-term effects of drinking alcohol.

Define moderate alcohol consumption and discuss its possible benefits.

Describe the different forms of alcohol misuse and their consequences.

Evaluate the role of alcohol in your life, and list strategies for using it responsibly.

Chapter 11 and 15

List the major components of the cardiovascular system and describe how blood circulates throughout the body.

Describe the controllable and uncontrollable risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.

Explain the demographic patterns related to tobacco use.

List the reasons why people use tobacco.

Explain the health hazards associated with tobacco use.

Discuss the effects of smoking on nonsmokers.

List social and legislative actions that can be taken to combat smoking.

Explain strategies that help people stop using tobacco.

Discuss the major forms of cardiovascular disease and how they develop.

List the steps you can take to lower your personal risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.