CRIM 3450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Habituation, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence
14 Sep 2018
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Timeless affliction: more serious now than it has been historically. They are very popular regardless of their legal status. People are trying or using drugs at younger ages. People are more effected by media today through tv ads, radio, coupons etc. Greater availability and wider dissemination of drug info. Drugs are becoming major factors in the growth of crime rates among the young ix. Become highly dependent on others and on technology. A state of periodic or chronic intoxication detrimental to the individual and society, which is characterized by an overwhelming desire to continue taking the drug and to obtain it by any means. Predisposition: symptom of problems in the development or operation of the system of needs, motives, and attitudes within the individual. Personality: result of different psychological disorders that causes people to self medicate with drugs. Psychoanalysis: personality and method of psychotherapy focused on the unconscious forces and conflicts and a series of psychosexual stages.
