Psychopharmacology

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This paper begins by offering a brief overview of psychoactive substance abuse, including alcohol and amphetamines. It discusses the significant association between violence and the use of psychoactive drugs. This paper then expands on the effects of psychoactive abuse and the correlation between the use of psychoactive substances and the presence of mental illness. In conclusion, different types of treatment and their effectivity are highlighted.

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"The prevalence of patients who are mentally ill and chronically addicted is growing every day. Many of these patients have lives that are defined by long term problems with personal and social functioning, problems with unemployment and a lack of adequate health care services. There are some who feel that these patients, especially in light of our swelling prison populations, should be a mental health priority for the entire nation. (Ahr & Holcomb, 1985; Youngstrom, 1991). The more that psychologists become involved with these complicated patients, the more likely these patients will be able to survive the problems they have experienced since the deinstitutionalization which took place during the 1980s. Before deinstitutionalism occurred, the primary treatment for these patients was in the hospital setting and the role of psychologist in this treatment setting was unclear. The hospital was more the venue of the psychiatrist, who managed the patients mostly on a biologically based model."

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