Addiction Mental Illness Research Paper
Is Addiction a Mental Illness
Is addiction a worldwide controversial debate for everyone, to me it's a mental illness that can be cured because you can break obsessions and bad habits it just takes help from people who are willing to help them. There are more than just one type of addiction, there is gambling, overeating, playing video games, working, internet are all other types of addictions. For those other people who think that you can fix an obsession or bad habits by punishment is a bad choice because the person with the obsession can help what they do but trying to punish they will only hurt your connection you need to establish with them in order to help them but if you actually try to help then you will possibly get better results …show more content…
Addictions are mostly people who fuel compulsion by acting upon their compulsion, they feel like they have to do compulsion or what they are addicted to like people who overeat or people who are obsessed with working, playing video games, or the internet. My claim is that these addictions are curable, but you do not have to punish them for what they have done. People who have certain addictions should not be just thrown in jail or prison because what they have is just a mental illness. The (NIDA) or the National Institute of Drug Abuse states “That addiction is a mental illness because it distorts the fundamental ways of the brain, and disturbs the hierarchy of the brain's needs and desires and substitutes new priorities connected with that certain addiction.” That is one of the reasons why I think that people with addiction could be at least be helped rather than just sent off to prison or jail for what they have …show more content…
Also somebody would say that just because the cortex where they target addiction at in a TMS treatment and it so happens that the depression is treated there too does not mean they are connected and I would say that your decision making skills are based upon your prefrontal cortex which is in the same place as addiction and depression so they are the
Is addiction a worldwide controversial debate for everyone, to me it's a mental illness that can be cured because you can break obsessions and bad habits it just takes help from people who are willing to help them. There are more than just one type of addiction, there is gambling, overeating, playing video games, working, internet are all other types of addictions. For those other people who think that you can fix an obsession or bad habits by punishment is a bad choice because the person with the obsession can help what they do but trying to punish they will only hurt your connection you need to establish with them in order to help them but if you actually try to help then you will possibly get better results …show more content…
Addictions are mostly people who fuel compulsion by acting upon their compulsion, they feel like they have to do compulsion or what they are addicted to like people who overeat or people who are obsessed with working, playing video games, or the internet. My claim is that these addictions are curable, but you do not have to punish them for what they have done. People who have certain addictions should not be just thrown in jail or prison because what they have is just a mental illness. The (NIDA) or the National Institute of Drug Abuse states “That addiction is a mental illness because it distorts the fundamental ways of the brain, and disturbs the hierarchy of the brain's needs and desires and substitutes new priorities connected with that certain addiction.” That is one of the reasons why I think that people with addiction could be at least be helped rather than just sent off to prison or jail for what they have …show more content…
Also somebody would say that just because the cortex where they target addiction at in a TMS treatment and it so happens that the depression is treated there too does not mean they are connected and I would say that your decision making skills are based upon your prefrontal cortex which is in the same place as addiction and depression so they are the