The Impact of Family Therapy on Adolescents and Marijuana Use Chapter One Family therapy is a stopgap to law enforcement and the criminal justice system when adolescents are using marijuana. Adolescence that uses marijuana that have law breaking behavior problems are probable The foremost concern for adolescent marijuana users and their family is that it is a major public health issue in the United States. Researchers have stated the ethnic and racial inequalities concerning adolescent use and misuse of marijuana abuse. (Cordova, Heinze, Mistry, Hslieh, Stoddard, Salas-Wright and Zimmerman, 2016). Adolescent’s difficulties were built on observations clinically and on case studies that are relatively methodical empirical studies. (Sexton …show more content…
Research suggest that according to Liddle (2002) family therapy treatment can be defined as any session lasting one and a half times a week in a clinic or by telephone working with an adolescents and their families. Parents of the adolescent must be knowledgeable about all of their activities each day for them to be successful in the family therapy. Moreover, the “family-based treatment” will stipulate the proper step for the adolescent to merely execute the service offered (Malespin et al., 2015, p. 237). The adolescents in question are normally “unemployed, white, less than 13 years of age, living in urban areas, experienced in marijuana use and have been judged to have a comorbid condition” (Malespin et al., 2015, p. …show more content…
The adverse side effects can show that “various psychiatric, neurological, respiratory, endocrine, and gastrointestinal complications that can be caused by cannabis” another name for marijuana. Background and Need As more and more states makes marijuana legalized it will be accessible to all people. Rationale Purpose of the Project The purpose of this research project is to address how the impact of family therapy on adolescent marijuana users is so important in getting adolescences into family therapy. Theory Family Systems and General Systems Theories were discovered back in the 1950s. Ludwig von Bertalanffy an Austrian-born biologist created General Systems Theory (GST). Von Bertalanffy established GST, “which later influenced the development of family system theory (Helm, 2016, para. 2). Research Question What is the Impact of Family Therapy on Adolescent Marijuana Users?
About one out of five 10th graders and about 1 out of four high school seniors used marijuana in the past month (Facts for Teens, 1). It is the second most popular drug among teens in the US (Encarta, 1). Teens, ages 12-17, that use marijuana weekly are nine times more likely than non-users to experience with illegal drugs and alcohol (Fed. Study, 1). More 13 & 14 year olds are using drugs, fifteen pe...
The risks of cannabis use include dry mouth, hunger, high moods, and sleepiness. These possible side effects don’t affect everyone, and they’re not severe or life threatening. Cannabis doesn’t present the same risks as opioids since the section of the brain that controls the respiratory function doesn’t have cannabinoid receptors. In fact, many studies show cannabis is less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. Since there’s no risk of overdose, there’s no mortality issue when it comes to medical
the Future survey has been conveying an on-going study on teenage use of marijuana since 1975
JJ is a 7 year old boy. He has post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder and impulse control disorder. He has been thrown out of numerous preschools and admitted to several hospitals for psychiatric issues. His mother has pursued all forms of medical and behavioral help for her son’s hyperactivity and aggressiveness. She came across medical marijuana while trying to research JJ’s problems and after discussing it with his doctors decided to give it a try. She took him off all his medications and put the marijuana in a muffin in amounts prescribed and monitored by the doctor. JJ’s behavior issues declined almost immediately. He is polite, eager to learn and interacts well with teachers and students at school. Now he talks through his questions and problems instead of acting out due to frustration. Marijuana has been used by people throughout the centuries and its use has provided many benefits. Therefore, it should be legalized for medical and recreational use in today’s society (O’Brien & Clark, 2002).
Depression, anxiety, and psychosis are just a few of the adverse effects that may result from what is often considered a relatively innocuous drug: marijuana. The British forensic psychiatrist Andrew Johns, in his journal “Psychiatric Effects of Cannabis,” investigates the potential psychological damage the drug can cause (Johns 2001). He is particularly interested in the effects that heavy or prolonged usage can have on vulnerable populations – specifically youths and those with pre-existing psychiatric issues – and what the clinical implications are. Johns approaches the subject with a meta-analysis, relying on the weight of numerous prior studies to prove his points. His paper effectively reveals the potentially harmful and wide-ranging effects of cannabis use, as it is related to mental illness, dependence, and underlying vulnerabilities. However, because of the exceptionally wide scope of the literature surveyed and the brevity of his research summaries, Johns does not succeed in a convincing demonstration of any of the individual effects addressed. The variance in the purpose and scope of the studies summarized, their divergent approaches, and the diverse populations they sample makes it difficult to accept Johns’ summary conclusions without further investigation.
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Overcrowding in jails and prisons is a growing epidemic within the United States, yet many people that are currently imprisoned are, in fact, marijuana offenders. Individuals with substance abuse issues should be in the right environment in order to receive help, not a place wher...
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Adults are not the only population experiencing an upsurge in drug use. The use of illicit drugs in general has been increasing among both adults and teens. Based on the findings of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported in June, 2015, that approximately 24.6 million Americans over the age of 11 had used an illicit drug of some type “in the past month”. Regarding that same population (Americans who were 12 years of age or older), marijuana use, specifically, had increased by close to ...
In our society families are the foundation of all human relationships. Therefore learning to maintain and develop healthy families are the goals of family therapist. Counselors can use the Structural Family Therapy approach in counseling hurting families. The pioneer of structural family therapy is Salvador Minuchin (Hammond & Nichols, 2014).
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Research consistently found the relationship between juvenile substance abuse is associated with their living situation. Smart, Chibucos, and Didier (1990) found that “this area are influenced by a wide range of variables, the importance of which may vary at different times in the life cycle” (Smart, 1990). It is also clear that interpersonal factors are prominent influence on juveniles’ substance usage (Smart, 1990). Conjoining with Smarts research Olson Russell, and Sprenkle (1983) defines family as “the emotional bonding that family member have towers one another” (Olson, 1983 & Smart, 1990). In other words, this is the relationship as well as the emotional part of the kinship of the marital and family status that have the high predictor
Enfin, one of the most browbeating and frustrating things in the world is the disease of addiction. It is a progressive, chronic, and often fatal disease that takes control of life away from people. However, “drugs are here to stay, and...we have no choice but to learn how to live with them so that they cause the least possible harm” (Torr 116). Unfortunately, ten percent of all eighth graders and twenty percent of all tenth graders are using marijuana at least once a month (Torr 38).
Minuchin (1998) propagates family system as being a multifarious integrated singular, where individual members are interdependent and exert a continuous and reciprocal influence on each other (as cited in Cox & Paley, 1997). Systems theory formulates the idea that every family is governed by rules, which can be either spoken or unspoken. It states that as systems family tend to have boundaries, which are semi-permeable, monitoring transactions where some are permitted and others are not. Maintaining communication between members or parts of the system is paramount to the functioning of the system (Barker, 2013). Systems theory proposes to maintain functionality, family members try to achieve a steady state of equilibrium, classified as homeostasis (Nichols & Schwartz, 2008). The change in one family member requires other family member to adapt to the new situation, which in turn poses a risk to the stability of