PSYC62H3 Lecture Notes - Parkland Memorial Hospital, Topiramate, Charlottesville, Virginia
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95% of all adults dependent on or abusing alcohol started drinking before age 21. Donna as had a warrant issued for her daughter"s (aubrey) arrest. Aubrey is 23 and a heroin addict for 7 years: been in/out of rehab 12 times, she was in the gifted program at school, cheerleading, singing, but she never liked herself. Aubrey turned herself in after 5 weeks. Aubrey was released the first time on her own recognizance. The tendency to relapse is very strong and part of the disorder, not a failure of treatment. William, addicted to crack cocaine, has entered a study at the university of pennsylvania that is investigating the brain"s response to drug cues. In the brain we have the go system for helping us respond to natural rewards, and the stop system, that is importatnt for telling us when it is important not to go, to stop. The stop system evolved to help us weigh the consequences of our impulses.
