Question

In the book Becoming an Addiction Counselor 3rd edition by Peter L. Myers and Norman R. Salt what is chapter 9 (Co-Occurring Disorders) about. What is the chapter summary. what arfe the main points in this chapter?

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.In this chapter, there have been various concepts discussed in the chapter, which include cultural competence, the significance of ethnic sugrouos as well as their acculturation. Also, the concepts of biculturalism, the dimensions of cultural competence have been recognised. This has also been explained on the basis of age groups, in the form of addicts observed in childhood , addiction observed in adolescence, as well as in middle child hood. It has been explained how some cultures permit the use of drugs. Also, depending on the se-xuality of a person, the preference of the person to consume or not consume drugs would be decided. People often consume when they have suffered or are affected by many psychological facts. For counsellor, it has to be taken care that there shoojls not no prejudices among the counsellors. The maximum problem has been faced by the ga-y individuals, where, the aversion that people have against these people interfere with treatment. Also, depending upon the se-xual preference of a person, the type of drugs used can be predicted.