PSY340H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Problem Gambling, Dsm-5, Substance Dependence
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The most common type of abused drug caffeine. There are things that are not drugs that we acknowledge are addictive . Notes: it is a substance that changes brain processing. Example: caffeine, alcohol, marijuana, opiates, cocaine, hallinagins: they alter the brain to give you pleasurable feelings, study: A number of drug patients had moved their mattresses into the bathroom. It was observed that they were drinking a large amount of water, frequently. It turns out if you drink that if you drink a lot of water it changes the ph level in your blood and gives you a rush slight feeling of begin high. These were in dsm4, even though they are problems, and can be troublesome. Substance abuse: excessive use to the point it is damaging, recreational abuse is when it is used sometime but not always example you drink on the weekends but do not over the week.
