PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Contingency Management, Barbiturate, Drug Culture
8 Dec 2020
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Drinking is determined, in part, by where we live, whom we worship with, and the social or cultural norms that regulate our behavior. Cultural attitudes can encourage or discourage problem drinking. Peer pressure and exposure to a drug subculture are important influences in determining substance use among adolescents and young adults. Detoxification- the process of ridding the system of alcohol or other drugs under supervised conditions. Often more safely carried out in a hospital setting. In the case of addiction to alcohol or barbiturates, hospitalization allows medical personnel to monitor and treat potentially dangerous withdrawal symptoms such as convulsions. Although disulfiram has been used widely in alcoholism treatment, its effectiveness is limited because many patients who want to continue drinking simply stop using the drug. Most regular smokers, perhaps the great majority, are nicotine dependent. The use of nicotine replacements in the form of prescription gum (brand name.
