Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Psychoactive Drug, Bulimia Nervosa, Unintended Pregnancy
15 Jul 2015
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1: drug: any chemical other than food intended to affect structure/function of body, psychoactive drug: chemical that can alter person"s consciousness/experience, intoxication: state of being mentally affected by chemical (state of being poisoned) Development: behaviour becomes necessary to avoid pain, no longer for pleasure, addiction depends on combinations w/: personality, lifestyle, heredity, social/physical environment, nature of substance, ex. nicotine (psychoactive drug in tobacco) Characteristics of people w/ addictions: substitute for healthier coping strategy, genetic predisposition, problems w/ impulse control, self-regulation, risk takers. Compulsive or pathological gambling: even in face of financial/personal ruin; increasingly larger bets, lie/steal to pay off debts, deaths/year: 200; 1%=compulsive, 5%=gambling-related problems, behaviours: preoccupation, unsuccessful efforts to cut back/quit, escape problems, lying to family members. Compulsive exercising: associated w/ anorexia, bulimia nervosa, traits: excessive preoccupation/dissatisfaction w/ body image, use of laxatives/vomiting to lose weight, development of other obsessive-compulsive symptoms, ex. body builders: harmful weight-lifting practices.
