HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Disulfiram, Paint Thinner, Spontaneous Remission
16 Dec 2018
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Aurolac kids: romanian orphanages underfunded and children became addicted to paint thinner as food became replaced with vitamins and other substances, addiction. How do we define addiction: nida: language described as a disease, in the brain, compulsive drug seeking though there is a negative consequence. Nida highest research and funding on addiction. Chronic, relapsing brain disease, compulsive drug seeking and: alexander: compulsive involvement with a particular substance or behaviour use, brain disease because dugs change the brain adaptation, other: addiction involves discrepancy between immediate pleasure and long- Common elements in explaining addiction term use: craving: desire transcends psychological realm, feels almost physical, use becomes instrumentalized, time-consuming, compulsion: resisting use almost impossible, produces extraordinary anxiety. Use to relieve stress produced by craving: consequences. All popular definitions of addiction: control. Trying to stop but they cannot: contested: although addiction is often discussed authoritatively almost all of its concepts (including these four cs) are debated.
