Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: American Psychiatric Association, Substance Abuse, Internet Addiction Disorder
25 Nov 2016
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Chapter 14: use and abuse of psychoactive drugs. Compelling need to engage in the behaviour driving the individual. Relates to loss of control: loss of control. Can"t block the compulsion or craving: escalation. More and more of the substances is needed to produce the same high. More of the substances is used to get more of the effect, to achieve the same high: negative consequences. Serious negative consequences: dif culty with relations, health problems. Individuals with increase trouble dealing with stress may be more susceptible to addiction. Some people may also have a genetic predisposition to addiction. Examples of addictive behaviours: compulsive/pathological gambling, compulsive exercising, work addiction, sex/love addiction, compulsive buying/shopping, internet addiction. Drugs include: prescription medicines (e. g. , antibiotics and antidepressants, over-the-counter (otc) substances (e. g. , alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine products, illegal substances (e. g. , lsd and heroin) Substance use disorder (dsm-5; 2013: pharmacy: art of compounding drugs from various substances.
