Unit 3: Stimulants and Depressants

Please Label as PS 452 Unit 3 Seminar 

500 words please APA Format Only

1. What are some strategies for treating clients who use stimulants to gain artificial energy boosts throughout the day? How is the brain effected when artificial stimulants such as caffeine or nicotine are ingested?

2. What are the effects of withdrawing from depressants? What are the withdrawal symptoms from GHB? How is the brain effected by the steady use of depressants (such as alcohol)?

3. Discuss some strategies for stabilizing withdrawal symptoms from stimulants and depressants.

 credit for this unit, complete one of the following options:

Option 1: Participate in a synchronous Seminar discussion. You are strongly encouraged to fulfill your Seminar requirement through this option if possible. Many students find the Seminar very helpful because your instructor will clarify information and your classmates may pose questions that you also have about the material.

Option 2: You will benefit most from attending the graded Seminar as an active participant. However, if you are unable to attend you have the opportunity to make up the points by summarizing the archived Seminar. Your paper should be written in appropriate APA style for a written summary. In other words, you are not required to use direct quotes, cite references, include an abstract, or include a reference page. You do have to write in complete sentences and paragraphs, provide a title page, and include a professional presentation. Listen to the archived Seminar to provide a summary and respond to the Seminar questions. Submit your summary to the Seminar Dropbox before the end of the unit to receive credit.