Describing Addiction Flashcards
Addiction is a disorder in which an individual consumer a substance e.g. alchohol or engages in a behaviour e.g. gambling that is pleasurable but
Eventually becomes compulsive and has harmful consequences
What is addiction more than simply doing
Doing things a lot
What are the key features of addiction
Dependent (physical and psychological)
Tolerance
Withdrawal syndrome
Psychological dependence is what kind of compulsions
Emotional and mental
What is dependence the compulsion to do and why
Keep on taking a substance e.g alchohol or engage in a behaviour e.g gambling as they believe they can’t cope with work or social life without it
Ascended of a drug/ behaviour causes the individual to feel…
Anxious or irritable leading to craving the substance
What is physical dependence? (2 marks)
The state of body when withdrawal syndrome is produced from stopping the substance abuse/ behaviour e.g nausea, headaches and shaking
What are symptoms of physical dependence when withdrawal syndrome occurs?
Nausea, headaches and shaking
What is withdrawal syndrome a collection of?
Psychological and physical symptoms when a substance is no longer in the system of a behaviour is removed
What does withdrawal syndrome include?
Low mood, nausea, achy, pains, tremors
Why does someone experiencing withdrawals continue to take a substance?
To avoid unpleasant withdrawal symptoms
What can the seriousness of withdrawal depend on?
Substance used/ type of behaviours
Amount of substance consumed
Drug use/ behaviour pattern
Tolerance arises when you have taken a substance of maintained a certain behaviour for some time and due to repeat exposure the response to the substance/ behaviour is
Reduced
When tolerance occurs what does the individual have to do
Take a higher dose to feel the same psychical and psychological effects
What is cellular tolerance
When brain neurons adapt their responsiveness to higher substance levels
