Why We Do What We Do: A Commentary on the Implications and Considerations of Substance (Ab) Use

doi:10.15344/2455-3867/2018/138

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International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis Volume 4 (2018), Article ID 4:IJPBA-138, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2018/138

Commentary

Why We Do What We Do: A Commentary on the Implications and Considerations of Substance (Ab) Use

Patrick J Aragon

School of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901, USA

Corresponding Author Details: Dr. Patrick J Aragon, Florida Institute of Technology, School of Psychology, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901, USA; E-mail: paragon@temple.edu

Received: 19 December 2017; Accepted: 22 January 2018; Published: 24 January 2018

Citation: Aragon PJ (2018) Why We Do What We Do: A Commentary on the Implications and Considerations of Substance (Ab) Use. Int J Psychol Behav Anal 4: 138. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2018/138

Copyright: © 2018 Aragon. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Substance use and abuse is an ever-growing difficulty and endeavor for health professionals to manage. Often, it is easy for many of us to “burn out” working with these folks because of the repetitive, and continual, failures that are observed of the patients we work with. It’s hoped that “taking a step back,” acknowledging these difficulties, and considering the inevitably unobtainable “why” may provide relief to this sub-group specialty of psychological need.

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