Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture : Film- Drug Addcition .docx
5 May 2012
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What is addiction: brain issue, or psychological, vulnerable group, dopamine reception. Understanding relapse: go-stop brain process, relapse factors of triggers, stress, cognitive brain therapy. Addictions usually start between ages 18-25 years of age. Result of adaptation in the brain that leads to changes in behaviour to keep taking in problem. Cant regulate own behaviour loss of freedom. Area of brain to make choices is not working properly. Psychological disease comes out of brain. Drug addiction is disease of brain that translated into abnormal behaviour. Interaction between genes and environment, so some people are more vulnerable. Addiction is a disease like heart disease. All disease have different behaviours to facilitate it. Dopamine naturally occurring in body is a major roe in motivating behaviour by constructing pleasure. Brain has natural reward system for survival. Drugs of abuse hijack brains dopamine effects. Science shows that brain has remarkable ability for recovery. Relapse is the return to drug use after being drug-free (high rate)
