PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mescaline, Crack Cocaine, Bloodborne
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Something on the list that you don"t see that you expect: (ex. How much do you have to drink to be an alcoholic no answer, differs for each person no amount specified, amount you consume is not important) Percentage of students in the last 12 months that may meet the dsm-iv criteria for. Dependence" 1/6 16%, dependent substance abuse, stable at 1/6 every year. The dsm-iv uses the term substance" because many do not equate alcohol and nicotine with the term drug". *but what if you replaced the term substance with: Study, people can orgasm by hearing their favourite song, measure their brain and physiology, brain flooded with dopamine dependency to music and sex that goes along with it. Wrong to conclude that any activity is by its nature always habit forming. When a chemical is seen as causing the dependence, there is a tendency to give that substance a personality to ascribe motives to it.
