PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Psych, First Nations, Behavioral Addiction
5 Apr 2016
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Top three drugs used in canada: alcohol, weed, cocaine. Binge drinking is a serious issue for undergraduate students. Dsm-v combined substance abuse with substance dependence. Secion 3 of the dsm-v is he experimental secion With respect to meeing the criteria of an addicion within the dsm-v, 2 of the following must be met: 1: social impairment: interpersonal diiculies, risky use, pharmacological indicators such as tolerance increase or withdrawal. We seemed to talk a lot about cafeine. Not really a disorder as it falls into societal norms. Developmental delays with substance abuse at a young age. First naions substance abuse is out of control. Harm reducion is the search for inding a balance between control/compassion. A-cra: make sober lifestyle more appealing than drugs. Antecedent (stressor) key is to give tools to cope with this part. Moving on from iniial assessment and towards treatment. Leading to change with respect to undesirable symptoms, developmental trajectory, etc.
