Category: Sober living

A child who learns ‘I can be bold without being wrong’ will resist peer stunts with confidence. An example of indirect peer pressure would be when the complaint overhears a friend gossiping about another person and then acts in response to the gossip. The underling is put in a position of having to make an […]

A ketoacidosis with normal glucose is diagnostic of fasting/alcoholic ketoacidosis with the difference in diagnosis made by presenting history. The key differential diagnosis to consider, and exclude, in these patients is DKA. Although DKA can also present with a severe metabolic acidosis, with a raised anion gap and the presence of ketones, the history and […]

The Trans theoretical model (TTM), describes stages of behavioral change, processes of change and the decisional balance and self-efficacy which are believed to be intertwined to determine an individual’s behaviour11. His therapist identified strategies to enhance his motivation, to help him engage in therapy, deal with craving, reducing social anxiety, assertiveness and beliefs and positive […]