Physical dependence

withdrawal,” and “substance dependence.” Substance intoxication takes place when one is under the influence of a substance and is experiencing mood and behavior altering affects. Substance withdrawal is when one is experiencing an uncomfortable occurrence that results when one is not taking a substance. Substance dependence occurs when a substance is consuming one’s life. Faces Interactive gives a very precise definition of what happens, “… a diagnosis of ‘substance dependence’ refers to…

Within the Disease Model of Addiction it is viewed that addiction is a disease much like heart disease in that the individual has physical conditions that have made them more susceptible including neurological, biological, genetic, and environmental sources of origin. The Jellinek Curve views addiction as a disease but restricts this to not including those who do not suffer from withdrawal…

Addicts avoiding Jail by claiming addiction is a medical problem More and more drug addicts are avoiding jail time by claiming that addiction is a medical problem. What a person does to his/her body is their own choice, but once he/she starts committing crimes to get more drugs, or as a result of being under the influence, they need to be punished for it. Too many people are getting away with committing crimes by claiming that his/her addiction is a mental health problem and they cannot be held…

Addiction has been around for as long as humans have existed and does not seem to be something that will go away anytime soon. There are various people who choose sides on the war of addiction for different reasons because of how they define the word “addiction” without taking into consideration of how low their knowledge of that word really is. In the book titled “The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirits,” Bruce K. Alexander informs us of how the meaning of addiction…

Drug Users Should Go To Treatment Drug addiction is an illness causing extreme drug craving, drug seeking and use. Despite all the consequences it still continues. Drug addiction begins with the single act of taking drugs, and over time the ability to choose not to do so becomes harder and harder. Taking drugs and seeking the high becomes a compulsion. The behavior results from prolonged drug exposure on the brain and how it functions. The disease affects the way the brain works in regards…

Craig Nakken is a family therapist and addictions counsellor at the Family Therapy Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota. He describes the addictive personality as "the most important idea expressed in this book". Nakken believes that some people are more prone to addiction than others. He examines various causes of this including influences in childhood. He does not rule out agenetic element saying that, "In all likelihood, it will be found to be a combination of the two" (environmental and genetic…

I have discovered two predominant themes in the body of literature concerning addiction treatment and recovery. There is no clear, agreed upon definition of the terms addiction or recovery, and there is a noticeable lack of research and data relating to the effectiveness of treatment or the measurement of success in recovery. (Dodge, Krantz, and Kenny, 2010; Engs, 2012; Goodman, Mckay, and DePhillippis, 2013; Sanghani, Carlin, and Moler, 2015; Toft, 2000) I have chosen to review several…

it has to offer individual with mental disorders. The concern needs to be that it may become detrimental if it counteract with alcohol or other illicit drug and causing a chemical imbalance in the body to affect the neurological system mental and physical functions when the individual does not have it or when they have become dependent and using drugs when they have a mental disorder.…

Psychotropic medications are drugs that can help prevent certain mental health symptoms. Antianxiety, antidepressant, antibipolar, and antipsychotic drugs are all forms of psychotropic medications (Homer, 60). The most common antianxiety drug, benzodiazepines (BZD), helps reduce anxiety that most patients experience (Homer, 139). There’s a controversy that psychotropic medications are overprescribed. Over prescription of psychotropic medication, such as BZD, can be detrimental to one’s health.…

Entertainment vs Alcohol Your phone rings but you are at the table with your family. What draws your attention away from the dinner conversation you are having with your family? Is it the not knowing who texted you? Is it you want to know more? You are driving and you receive a Snapchat from your best friend. Why do you look? Why do you risk your own life or someone else for so little as your phone. Are we actually “addicted” is the “addiction” serving to help the same purposes as drugs or…