treatment was at the least brutal punishment. “Until research showed that addiction was a treatable disease of the brain‚ many addicts were also given prison sentences or shut away in asylums because it was assumed that they were permanently lacking in moral or mental substance”( The Evolution of Addiction Treatment‚ 2012). Imprisonment had the effect of detoxification but no understanding of the physical components of addiction. Many thought addicts deserved the pain they suffered going through detox
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game addiction sometimes disagree on the proportion of children and teenagers addicted to computer games. However‚ the majority of studies suggest that approximately 5 to 10% of youth who play computer games become addicted. Compared to other psychological difficulties (such as depression and anxiety)‚ teenage computer game addiction is obviously a relatively new problem faced by families. As such‚ parents may lack accurate and/or helpful information on the signs of computer game addiction‚ the risk
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Facebook Addiction: Symptoms and Treatment MySpace‚ Twitter‚ YouTube‚ Tumblr and Facebook are some social-networking sites which are visited by thousands of people every day. Those websites can show people information related to important personalities‚ such as celebrities‚ politicians‚ and businesses.Also‚ information can be found about online friends‚ classmates and old friends. Nevertheless‚ according to Marketing Charts‚ one of those social-networking sites is considered the most visited by
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susceptible to active addiction. This sometimes happens when a person is prescribed pain pills after surgery or for pain management or a person decides to experiment with heroin‚ and the obsessions/compulsions of addiction raise their monstrous heads without warning. There is no pre-emptive strategy for this. So‚ sometimes people put themselves in a dangerous situation and sometimes they are blindsided. A person never deliberately chooses to become addicted. Chemical addiction is rooted in the built-in
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that it causes to the body. Caplan‚ Joseph; Kish‚ Stephen‚ CMAJ: (Sept.2008). Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Meth Addiction. This is an article that I found in the university library. It is a story that was written in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The story describes how a father dealt with his son’s meth addiction. It also helps you to understand how to cope when a loved one or someone special to you is addicted to meth.
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The three different views of addiction consist of immoral conduct‚ disease‚ and maladaptive behavior. When reading Thombs & Osborn‚ the way how an addiction was seen as sin took me by surprise. Although in the early years of school I learned about the health concerns of addictions‚ seeing an addiction as a sin was not talked about. The way an addiction was seen as a sin took me by surprise because it is not something an individual can control unless he or she has the will power. Yet‚ the way the
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difficult that trying to live with an addiction to opiate-based substances. The insidious addictive nature of these drugs pull unsuspecting people in and refuses to let them go until it has destroyed their lives or they starting fighting back by asking for help. If you live in the Arizona area and are dealing with an addiction that affects you and/or a loved one‚ there is help available. Treatment for Opiate Addiction The only way any kind of treatment for opiate addiction is going to be successful is if
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We live only once‚ many of us accept as true. And therefore some say let us eat‚ drink and be merry. Surely we must eat‚ drink and be merry now that we believe that we live only once‚ but must live like men and women‚ free from health hazards‚ free from unnecessary cares and worries. So‚ eating and drinking is alright as long as we know what to accept and what to avoid. Sadly many of us do not have the self-control of saying a “NO” to something which we know is not healthy. The problem of alcohol
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There has been controversy over the cause of addiction. Historically‚ it was thought that addiction was caused by lack of willpower‚ by poverty‚ moral weakness‚ mental illness‚ genetics‚ family socialization‚ anti-social personalities‚ and societal problems. Some scientists believe drug addiction is a disease‚ although the evidence to support this theory is weak. The Drug: Some drugs are more addictive than others. This is due to the pharmacology of the substance‚ and how it affects the mood of
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Is opioid addiction criminal and punishable‚ or is it a disease of addiction? Why? I would say that the opioid addiction should be approached more as a disease of addiction than being criminal and punishable. Addiction is caused by behavioral‚ environmental and biological factors. People with addiction should not be blamed for suffering from the disease. All people make choices about whether to use substances. However‚ people do not choose how their brain and body respond to drugs and alcohol
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