GHTH 100 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I. Mental DisordersOutline of Current Lecture I. Drug Abuse and AddictionCurrent LectureI. Drug Abuse and Addiction- Note: emphasis on mixing alcohol with other drugs (prescription) and laws and consequences.- What is addiction?- Habitual use of a drug produced chemical changes in the user’s body.- Psychological Addiction- Physical Addiction Tolerance- takes more to get the same effect Withdrawal- can lead to seizures, strokes, and heart attack.- Concept of addiction as a disease process, based in brain chemistry rather than moral failing, led to many advances.- Addictive behaviors.- Characteristics of addictive behavior:-Reinforcement-compulsion or craving-loss of control-escalation-negative consequences People use drugs for positive reinforcement (happiness, social acceptance.) or negative (to forget bad things that have happened, to suppress feelings)- Examples of addictive behavior:-Compulsive gambling-compulsive exercising-work addiction-sex and love addiction-compulsive buying or shopping-internet addictionThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Drug use, Abuse, Dependence Drugs are chemicals other than food that are intended to affect the structure or function of the body-Prescription medicines-over-the-counter medicine-caffeine-tobacco-alcohol-illegal substances- Method of use: 4 major routes of administration1. Inhalation- snorting, inhaling (fastest way to the brain, shortest high)2. Injection- into the veins (2nd fastest way, intermuscular) 3. Ingestion- by the mouth (3rd fastest way and the 2nd most common)4. Injunction- absorbed through the skin (pain relief lotion, birth control, nicotine patches—slowest time to take effect)- Representative Psychoactive Drugs Opioids (narcotics)-Natural or synthetic or semi-synthetic (most are synthetic)-opium, morphine, heroine, methadone, codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl.-Know the effects, medical uses, methods of administration (injection, snorting, sniffing, or smoking) and symptoms of overdose.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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