Assignment task:
1. Elaborate on etiology, stressors, problems of addiction, dependence, and relapse in the United States today.
2. Identify potential physical and mental findings when examining a client with a substance use disorder. Note your rationales.
3. Describe possible triggers to compulsive substance use or behavioral addiction.
4. Discuss the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie addictive behavior.
5. What medication-assisted treatments (MATs) and psychotherapeutic interventions for monitoring (for alcohol and for opioid abuse) are available?
Include at list 3 APA references