PSY240H1 Lecture : Summarized and reformatted notes originally posted by the prof when she was sick. Works great to print 2 pages per side if paper =)
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Disorders: we live in a culture of socially sanctioned addictions, canada = drug culture: drink more coffee/cola to say alert throughout the day. drink alcohol to relax and become more social. take aspirin to reduce pain: many substances come from plants, used for medicinal, spiritual, and endurance purposes for centuries. opium - produced from the poppy plant, used for hundreds of years to relieve pain. natives in the andes - chewed coca leaves to increase endurance. America at the turn of the century to relieve fatigue, used in original coca-cola. aztecs and other native groups in the. U. s. and canada - chewed peyote cactus to experience visual hallucinations: wide cultural variations in attitudes, patterns of use, accessibility, physiological reactions, prevalence of substance-related disorders. some groups forbid use of any drugs, others accept or even encourage drug use. evaluation of an individual"s pattern of substance use must take these factors into account.
