Prevention Strategies
LASA 2—Prevention Strategies
Treatment programs cannot always be 100% effective, and many substance abusers relapse into drug abuse after days, months, or even years of sobriety. With the marginal success of treatment programs, it is even more important that people never start using drugs. As such, prevention strategies are of utmost importance.
Review the case study. Using your module readings and the Argosy University online library resources, research methods of increasing awareness about substance abuse and dependence.
Develop a PowerPoint presentation including the following:
Identify and describe two prevention strategies.
Explain ways of determining whether loved ones have a problem with drugs using the current DSM characteristics of substance use disorders.
Address the effectiveness of current treatment strategies in the United States.
Explain polypharmacology
Address the possible treatment options and treatment difficulties for someone who is dependent on two substances.
Develop an 8–10-slide presentation (complete with speakers notes) in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Be sure to include a title slide and a list of references. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.ppt. By Saturday, August 30, 2014, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.
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Poly pharmacology remain one of the minor challenges in drug development and this makes it to open a narrative avenues to rationally plan the coming generation of less toxic and which are more effective (Peters, 2012). For this reason, Poly pharmacology for complex diseases mostly involves multiple drugs acting in distinct targets that are involved in regulating physiological responses.
Total number of slides:9slides