Present the effects of your drug

Reference no: EM133520035

Question: Pretend you are a health psychologist tasked with creating an informational brochure on drug abuse to be distributed to families in your area. Choose two drugs that you are most interested in and include information about them in your brochure. Provide a brief history, the mechanism of action, effects on behavior, prevention, treatment strategies as well as any policies or laws related to the drugs. Also include your ideas for future policy, treatment, or prevention for your highlighted drugs. Be sure to cite your sources. Feel free to be as creative as possible, including pictures and graphics to illustrate your ideas.

The brochure should include the following:

Describe your drugs or drug classes and any cultural information on the origins or customs related to it.

Requirements:

Be creative, include pictures, graphics, etc. You can create a tri-fold brochure, booklet, flyer, or other ideas with instructor approval.

Present the effects of your drug/drug classes on the brain, body, and behavior.

Dispel one myth about your drug/drug classes.

Present the impact of the drug on individual, family, and society.

Describe current policy, prevention, and treatment strategies related to your drugs.

Make recommendations about future policies, prevention or treatment strategies

Reference no: EM133520035

Questions Cloud

Daily life affect your central nervous system : Discuss how different aspects of your daily life affect your central nervous system.

Difference between descriptive and analytical epidemiology : The difference between Descriptive and Analytical epidemiology. Discuss Descriptive and Analytical epidemiology.

What dimension of physiological health includes carrying out : What dimension of physiological health includes carrying out personal and professional responsibilities?

Provide a detailed discussion of both the responsibilities : Provide a detailed discussion of both the responsibilities of the manager and the responsibility of the general duty employees during the performance execution

Present the effects of your drug : Dispel one myth about your drug/drug classes. Present the impact of the drug on individual, family, and society

Creating an informational brochure on drug abuse : Provide a brief history, the mechanism of action, effects on behavior, prevention, treatment strategies as well as any policies or laws related to the drugs

Why your marketing plan will be effective : why your marketing plan will be effective. I do not expect you to create an all-inclusive campaign, you just need to be able to clearly express your ideas

What are the symptoms of liver cirrhosis : What are the symptoms of liver cirrhosis? What is the normal liver blood flow? What goes wrong in cirrhosis of the liver?

Develop a concise bulleted action plan : Develop a concise bulleted action plan for how you would address both situations using what you've read so far in this course and in this Unit's readings

User Account

All Pages