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SJ Issue:
Suicide Rates and Substance abuse and how it affected the…
SJ Issue:
Suicide Rates and Substance abuse and how it affected the Native Alaskans due to the drastic change in their living environment.
Behavioral Choice Theory
The Behavioral Choice Theory, also known as the William Glasser Choice Theory, emphasizes that individuals have control over their own feelings and actions. This demonstrates that all behavior is chosen.
This method concentrates on past behaviors and can train addicts to recognize what their "triggers" are and how to avoid them in the future.
Reality Therapy is a problem-solving approach which focuses on creating an awareness that one's current behaviors are ineffective, and then developing a plan to change it.
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Social Cognitive Theory
"Modeled behavior" refers to when individuals imitate other people's behaviors by direct observation.
Social Cognitive Therapy provides opportunities for social support through instilling expectations, self-efficacy, and using observational learning and other reinforcements to achieve behavior change.
The Social Cognitive Theory explains how individual experiences, the actions of others, and environmental factors all affect individual health behaviors.
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Solutions:
Awareness of this issue can be spread by letting people know that they are not alone and that there are nonjudgmental people available to help.
School systems can implement early intervention plans which would focus on educating students on how to drink responsibly as opposed to lecturing them not drink at all.
It is crucial to establish funding to help sustain support groups with trained and qualified staff. This funding will also ensure that there are more counselors and trained personnel available to intervene in crises.
Treatment should account for influences of Native Alaskan culture and their traditional healing approach as part of a treatment plan.
Hypothesis:
With awareness, early intervention, and programs in place to support the community, suicide and substance abuse rates of Native Alaskan people will decrease.