Addiction

Question 1

What is addiction ?

Answer 1

Is a disorder in which an induvidual consumes as substance or engages in a particular behaviour

That is pleasurable but eventually become compulsive with harmful consequence’s

Key features are dependence physical and psychological , tolerance and withdrawal syndrome

Question 2

Psychological dependence

Answer 2

Mental and emotional compulsion to keep taking a substance

As induvidual believes they cannot cope with work or social life without particular drug e.g nicotine or behaviour e.g gambling

May increase pleasure or lesson their discomfort

Absence of drug/behaviour causes individual to feel anxious or irritable this leads to craving for the substance

Question 3

Psychical dependence

Answer 3

State of body occurs when withdrawal syndrome is produced from stopping substance use/ behaviour

E.g nausea, headaches and shaking

Question 4

Withdrawal syndrome

Answer 4

Collection of psychological and psychical symptoms induvidual will experience when no longer have a substance in system/ engage in particular behaviour

Withdrawal syndrome includes , low mood , feeling nauseous, achy in pain or experiencing tremors

Very unpleasant , continuing to take substance / engage in behaviour is partly to avoid withdrawal symptoms

Question 5

Seriousness of withdrawal syndrome can depend on variety of factors

Answer 5

Substance uses /type of behaviour

Amount of substance consumed

Drug use / behaviour patterns

Question 6

Tolerance

Answer 6

When you have taken a substance/maintained behaviour for some time and due to repeat exposure , response to susbance/ behaviour is reduced

When tolerance occurs , individual will need greater does to feel same physical and psychological effects

Question 7

Risk factor

Answer 7

Anything internal or external that increases likelihood of an individual starting use drug or engage in addictive behaviour