PSYC 338 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Temporal Lobe, Basal Ganglia, Striatum
8 Dec 2013
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Overview of most recent data on the epidemiology of substance use and dependence. Methods and findings on the genetic epidemiology. Epidemiology: the study of rates, distribution and determinants of disease in human population. The rates, distribution and determinants of diseases in human population. Types of illnesses in populations and factors that influence the distribution of certain illnesses. Interaction among host, agent and environment (= the epidemiological triangle) Descriptive epidemiology: rates and distribution in a given population. Analytic epidemiology: the determinants of disease in certain groups. Studies of substance use focus on polysubstance users they are more at risk for developing substance use disorder (sud) = when substance use becomes more severe and leads to impairment of living conditions and negative life consequences. More studies try to reveal patterns of substance use (what is used, how much, who becomes at risk etc. Prevalence rates of substance use disorder in the us:
