Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Canadian Mental Health Association, London Health Sciences Centre, Peer Group
21 Mar 2017
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The use and abuse of psychoactive drugs. Saw that typically family members were not equipped to support a family member with a drug addiction. Saw that females had more slip ups after abstaining from drugs for a while. Understand the nature of addiction, and addictive behaviours. Understand the nature of drug use, and abuse. Understand the pharmacological impact of drug use, abuse and addictive behaviours. Subjective term: occurs when there are negative biochemical, psychosocial consequences. Development of addictions: people begin by using recreationally, only a small group of people actually get addicted to drugs. Characteristics of addictions: compulsive use of a drug or engagement in a behaviour associated with using the substance, a need to increase the dosage o o. Similar lifestyles, personalities: usually in genetics o. Drugs - chemical compounds that have been extracted from the natural plant. Less than half of street drugs contain the advertised product o.
