HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Inhalant, Paint Thinner
2 Jan 2019
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Kids who had addictions to aurolac (paint thinner) Have been through experience of romanian orphanage in 1980"s (have been defunded, to keep healthy = vitamin injections through needles (weren"t carful = hiv) To explain: vice (immoral), addiction (disease), an adaptation (logical, socialization, community building) Nida: addiction is de ned as chronic relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain they change its structure and how it works . Language: explains addiction as a disease in brain, forces people to engage in compulsive drug seeking even though it has negative consequences. Changes brain structure, how it operates, etc. One of biggest funding bodies of research about addiction in the world. Alexander: addiction is compulsive involvement with a particular substance or behaviour. Ignores the brain; refers to the adaptation. Others: addiction involves a discrepancy between immediate pleasure and longer-term harm.
