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Can Soneone Tell Me Exactley What a RAC (Registered Addiction Counselor )does? Job Duties in Louisiana? Thanks
Question by kris w: Can soneone tell me exactley what a RAC (registered addiction counselor )does? Job duties in louisiana? Thanks
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Answer by silkenwings228
Tasks
Counsel clients and patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.
Complete and maintain accurate records and reports regarding the patients’ histories and progress, services provided, and other required information.
Develop client treatment plans based on research, clinical experience, and client histories.
Review and evaluate clients’ progress in relation to measurable goals described in treatment and care plans.
Interview clients, review records, and confer with other professionals to evaluate individuals’ mental and physical condition, and to determine their suitability for participation in a specific program.
Intervene as advocate for clients or patients to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
Provide clients or family members with information about addiction issues and about available services and programs, making appropriate referrals when necessary.
Modify treatment plans to comply with changes in client status.
Coordinate counseling efforts with mental health professionals and other health professionals such as doctors, nurses, and social workers.
Attend training sessions to increase knowledge and skills.
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Is There a Quicker Way to Becoming a Therapist?
Question by Noa Bach: Is there a quicker way to becoming a therapist?
I am a gentle, sensitive, loving, and empathetic person. I have thought about careers where I can help people and many people think I should go into therapy, because I am so gentle I can calm patients and help them emotionally but that is so long! You need a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. It’s way too costly for me since I have already been to three schools. Is there anyway to become one fast? Or any careers related to it that doesn’t take long to pursue?
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Answer by Nawal
I guess you just start out by helping out/talking people around you (maybe get a little payment?) , and then if it’s helped them out they’ll probably spread word about you. You can do this with friends, neighbours, families of friends, old teachers etc.
Then when you have enough experience, you can give them your business-card or something…in time you might have enough recources to stand up as a private therapist :3
…I hope it helped..
Big Brother Will Continue to Watch You
Big brother will continue to watch you
The result is widely reported as Netflix addiction. This is successful data mining. … US cyber-snooping created enough worldwide fear to risk the whole internet becoming fractured into regional mini-internets as a response. If that happens, the open …
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Local solutions start with change, state responsibility
Greed regardless of who perpetuates it will only be gone when people start making small individual sacrifices and standing up to those who create divisions of all kinds. And profit off … Do we need more funding and help for mental illness and …
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Retirements, rising demand lead to shortage of counselors in ND
The couple's ending was happy, but their wait for treatment reveals a real-life consequence of the shortage of addiction counselors in North Dakota – a need created by an aging workforce and a rising demand for treatment. Health officials say the …
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Documentary About Game Addiction Premiers at Sundance Film Festival – GameSpot
Documentary about game addiction premiers at Sundance Film Festival – GameSpot
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Documentary about game addiction premiers at Sundance Film Festival
GameSpot Addiction is the part where you actually cant stop playing the games.You seem to think there needs to be an actual physical dependency like what happens with drug abuse for there to be addiction but there dosen't. It can be completely psychological. As … |
How Addiction Happens – Google News
Heroin gains a deadly foothold in Vermont – Boston Globe
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Heroin gains a deadly foothold in Vermont
Boston Globe “Being in the middle of nowhere with nothing in your community — no community center, no theater — makes it hard,” said Bess O'Brien, a filmmaker from Peacham whose new documentary, “The Hungry Heart,” chronicles the struggle with drug addiction in … |
Legal Recreational Pot Industry Opens in Colorado
Legal recreational pot industry opens in Colorado
A group of addiction counselors and physicians said they're seeing more marijuana addiction problems, especially in youths, and that wider pot availability will exacerbate the problem. "This is just throwing gas on the fire," said Ben Cort of the …
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Legal weed sales bring long lines to Colorado
"We hope that the focus on recreational doesn't take the focus away from patients who really need this medicine," said Laura Kriho of the patient advocacy group Cannabis Therapy Institute. Colorado has hundreds of pending applications for recreational …
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What Is the Difference Between Type I and Type 2 Acoholism? (Or Is It Type a & Type B Alcoholism?)?
Question by worldrunner2000: What is the difference between Type I and Type 2 acoholism? (Or is it Type A & Type B alcoholism?)?
I work in the Substance Abuse field and see both problem drinkers (meeting DSM IV criteria for “Abuse”) and addicted individuals (meeting at least 3 of 7 criteria for Dependency). How can I explain types of alcoholism (not problem drinking, i.e. abuse) and the Types to a class to help them better understand themselves?
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Answer by casanova_mike_jordan
Hi I am a medical transcriptionist not a doctor but still i know little thing about alcoholism and pysch. DSM datas. Type 1 alcoholism accounts for about 75% of alcoholics and is characterized by the following signs and symptoms:
The onset of alcohol-related problems occurs after the age of 25.
A low degree of spontaneous alcohol-seeking behavior and alcohol-related fighting. Psychological dependence, coupled with guilt and fear about alcoholism. A low degree of novelty-seeking and a high degree of harm avoidance. Type 2 alcoholism is characterized by the following signs and symptoms: The onset of alcohol-related problems occur before the age of 25. There is a high degree of spontaneous alcohol-seeking behavior and fighting. Infrequent feelings of guilt and fear about alcohol dependence.