Eating Disorders & Substance Abuse
Watch the following:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/thin/
Read the assigned chapters in your text and the following article:
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/teens/truth-about-eating-disorders
Compare and contrast the video with the article and what you read in your textbook regarding Eating Disorders. Which of the assessment and treatment philosophies do you agree with most? Explain in a 2-3 page APA formatted paperrr
Part 2
Substance Abuse: Go to the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov/). Locate three treatment facilities in your hometown (or three facilities nearby) and identify what types of services these facilities provide.
Substance Abuse: Go to the Partnership for a Drug Free America home page (http://www.drugfree.org/). This page includes personal stories of past drug/alcohol abuse and the challenges that resulted from it. Pick two stories listed on the page and write about them, including information on the abuser’s family history, drugs used, family dysfunction because of the drug use, treatment received, and reasons for getting clean.