PSYC 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Rat Park, Behaviour Therapy, Addiction
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Includes rehab, the longer the process is = more successful. Replacing current drug with a safer one, reduces harm. Aa, na, using group counselling to stay/get clean. Most successful could be access to cleaner, safer drugs. Puts animals in operant chamber, press a lever to self-inject heroin into veins, kept in unnatural environments (no social interaction, nothing else to do etc) Rats living in rat park (with lots to do, social, things to play with) were much less likely to administer drugs. Those who were using addictive drugs causes an underactive da system in long term. Da agonists administered after parkinson"s patients become tolerant or have toxic symptoms to l-dopa. Da agonists can cause impulse control disorders like: Avoiding withdrawal symptoms is a component of addiction. Major component of addiction revolves around how drugs hijack the da system. Behavioural addictions may exist but aren"t the same as drug addiction.
