PSYC 1250 Lecture 3: Drug Use, Abuse, and Dependence vs. Drug Misuse

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1250
• Professor: Denise Jackson

Document Summary

Drug use, abuse, and dependence vs. drug misuse. Steroid use not recreational ( ne doping!) A form of drug taking behavior that results in some form of physical, mental, or social impairment. Take medication in way that"s not prescribed. A form of drug taking behavior in which a prescription or over the counter drug is used inappropriately. No physical, mental, social impairments (physiological/psychological) drug dependence. Change in brain function due to repeated presence of the drug. Requires more of the drug to let brain function the way it should. Absence of drug produces some negative consequence in terms of how the brain works. Brain incapable of any normal function when drug is no longer. Want to feel same as the first time they took the drug, so person begins to administer more desired effect requires more of the drug over time.