PSY3190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Biopsychosocial Model, Frontal Lobe, Executive Functions
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Lecture 9: prevention: primary intervention to prevent younger children (early intervention) to make sure kids are resilient enough to not go on later in life and use drugs, 16 principles needed to make community based interventions. Outline: using drugs does not automatically mean you will become an addict, how can we prevent the factors that pose a risk in the biopsychosocial model, types of services available in the community, type of professionals involved to. Drug use vs addiction: children= most vulnerable for taking up drugs, depends on 3 factors. =how vulnerable a person may be toward drug use. Some characteristics are more protective than others, some predispose people. Good personal familial role models, personality in terms of resilience. Less potent drugs like cannabis takes 10yrs between first recreational use to the point were you become an addict. For cocaine which is more potent, only takes 5 years to become addicted.
