Addiction The Tabers medical dictionary defines drug addiction as a compulsive and maladaptive dependence on a drug that produces adverse psychological‚ physical‚ economic‚ social‚ or legal ramifications(5). In the U.S.‚ the abuse or misuse of prescription drugs has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a growing problem. In 2007‚ for example‚ the CDC reported that more than 27‚500 Americans died of drug overdose‚ an increase of more than 100% in the preceding
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Addiction We are going to talk about addiction and what it means. There are a couple text book definitions to what this means. Addiction in one form or another is common to most people. Addiction in the dictionary says‚ “The quality or state of being addicted.” With that being the case‚ look at what addicted means. Addicted also means to devote or surrender to something habitually or obsessively. Most of the time we hear this word is because we associate it with drugs. When most people think of
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drink. For that reason‚ alcoholics usually drink to excess despite the consequences. Alcoholism‚ like any addiction‚ is a chronic disorder which involves continued use despite negative consequences and requires ongoing treatment and management. This research paper will cover many aspects of alcoholism including the causes and effects of drinking and different treatment approaches. Alcohol Addiction: A Growing Epidemic Alcohol’s importance in our social history is significant. Even more significant
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are known as phobias. Phobias have the potential to greatly affect the way we live our lives. However‚ there are different ways to overcome a phobia. It is never easy to get over something that constantly haunts you or makes you nervous‚ but nothing is ever as impossible as you may think. The word Phobia is from Latin and directly from Greek‚ meaning “panic fear of” or “fear”. Phobia is a term used to describe an irrational or excessive fear of a particular object or situation. Phobias can be acquired
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Unfortunately‚ amphetamines are also one of the most abused drugs on the planet. Far too many times‚ people use these drugs in ways that were not intended. That often leads to amphetamine addiction‚ which in turn‚ leads to a very large range of other serious issues. About Amphetamine Addiction Amphetamine addiction usually starts innocently enough. College students pop a pill or two to enhance the time they have to study. Adults working long hours will rely on amphetamines to keep them awake. Sometimes
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Addiction Addiction is a chronic relapsing disease that affects the brains reward‚ motivation and other related systems. It is a relationship you have with an object or substance. Most addicts come to depend on that object or substance to meet emotional needs. Individuals struggling with addiction are unable to control their actions and make rational decisions about their behavior. There are two main forms of addiction‚ physiological and psychological. Psychological is an emotional dependence
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view regarding abuse/addiction is superficial and during this time I think it’s merely a wrong decision. But as I grew and exposed to this through peers‚ school and church teachings I saw that there are a lot of factors to consider why an individual resort to drug and/or alcohol abuse/addiction. Emotional factors: I learned this in-depth during my college life (a couple of years ago) when I was introduced to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs. There is a high risk for addiction for people who have
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Adolescence and Addiction Nelly Leenman Liberty University Adolescence and Addiction Using alcohol‚ illegal drugs and tobacco among adolescents has become very common and is therefore a serious public health problem. Though the number of adolescents who smoke tobacco has declined‚ this too remains a problem of serious concern. Alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and illegal drugs are addictive which means that the body can become dependent on them in order to function properly. “Use of alcohol as well as other
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the Persistent Beast Meth addiction is a horrible beast that steals your life from you. Meth is a highly addictive drug and “Meth is now the No. 1 drug in rural America” (Got Meth?). Meth can negatively rearrange and scramble the user’s life‚ sometimes bringing complete destruction. Meth addiction will separate the individual that is using from their family and loved ones‚ will make the user have a extremely hard time obtaining and managing money‚ and meth addiction will cause physical and psychological
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CBT has been studied as a treatment for specific phobia (Craske & Rowe‚ 1997) either alone (Booth & Rachman‚ 1992; de Jongh et al.‚ 1995; O’Donahue & Szymanski‚ 1993) or in combination with exposure-based treatments (Kamphuis &Telch‚ 2000; Koch‚ Spates‚& Himle‚ 2004). In CBT‚ patients are taught to identify and alter their fears that maintain the phobic reaction‚ and the CBT techniques used to accomplish this include cognitive restructuring (de Jongh et al.‚ 1995) and guided threat reappraisal (Kamphuis
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