Thomas Hintz and Karl Mann are both under the department for addictive behaviour and addictive medicine‚ central institute of mental health in the University of Heidelberg‚ Mannheim‚ Germany. Thomas Hintz is working under the university as a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Karl Mann. Hintz holds a Diploma in Psychology from the University of Heidelberg. Prof. Dr. Mann is a full time professor at the University of Heidelberg in Addiction Medicine. Critical Reflections The main purpose of this
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Having an Addictive Personality Addiction is a relationship you have with an object. When reading this book‚ I learned how people begin to form addictions‚ factors that have come to be known as an addictive personality‚ and how to recover from an addiction. The more you learn about addictions‚ the better you may live a healthy and safe life. An addiction is well known as a compulsive need for a habit forming substance or event. Many addictions come from alcohol‚ drugs‚ gambling‚ food‚ and also
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Genetic factors suggest that there is an “addictive gene” that can be genetically passed down through generations. Not all children acquire the gene‚ but the ones that do have a fifty percent chance they will end up with addictive behaviors. A study compared 861 identical twin pairs and 653 fraternal twins to determine if the genetic predisposition was a leading factor in addiction. When
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Addiction: Is Facebook Addictive? By: Orgelen Tafa The creation of social networking websites such as Facebook‚ has allowed people to develop an unhealthy habit‚ which is much like an addiction‚ and is a growing problem that must be addressed quickly before it gets worse. There are three reasons why facebook can lead to addiction and it can lead to having no sense of time‚ lack of socialization and it causes problems in your personal life. Facebook can be very addictive for its users
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Is Sugar Addictive? Sugar is everywhere these days. It is loaded into our sodas and energy drinks‚ it is there in our cereals‚ our juices‚ it is added virtually everywhere. A savvy label-reading shopper cannot help but be part amazed and part appalled at the high content of sugar in almost all commercial products. “Sugar-free” products have become a trend themselves‚ as people try to avoid the obvious dangers of too much sugar and follow the ever-appearing fads. So what is it about sugar that is
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In the world today‚ Nicotine is one of the most frequently used addictive drugs. The impact it has on society is like no other. It is one of more than 4‚000 chemicals found in the smoke of tobacco products such as cigarettes‚ cigars‚ and pipes. This addictive drug is the primary component in tobacco that acts on the brain. Tobacco can be found two ways‚ it can be dried brown leaves of various sizes or it can be a grown form of tobacco. When extracted from the leaves‚ nicotine is colorless‚ but
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Recognizing Addictive Behaviors in the Workplace Background The organization that we are working for is called Live. Laugh. Hope. The organization was founded in 2014 by and was a dream of theirs for many years. They both share a passion for educating and assisting people in becoming free of unhealthy addiction. Based on personal experiences‚ we determined there was a need for this in our community as we have both been touched by addictive diseases. The main focus of the organization is a non-profit
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rehabcenter.net - Co-Dependency In An Addictive Relationship When you’re in a relationship with somebody who suffers from an addiction‚ you can feel trapped and helpless. These feelings are even worse if you are in a co-dependent relationship. Relationships of this type are harmful to both the addicted person and their loved one‚ and they often make the addiction even worse. In fact‚ addiction may generate the co-dependent relationship where one didn’t previously exist. However‚ it is possible to
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Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal drug. It was first made in 1898 by the German drug company and sold as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction‚ but it proved to be even more addictive than morphine. By the late 1990s‚ the mortality rate of heroin addicts was estimated to be as high as 20 times greater than the rest of the population. The first time it’s used‚ the drug creates a sensation of being high. A person can feel extroverted‚ able to communicate easily
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Something else: The rating industry is not very accurate. Most M+ and T+ games have the rating put in front of them to show that this game should be up to the parents/guardian to decide whenever or not to let their kids play it. Violent Video Games - Addictive and Dangerous I have observed a young man occupy his precious waking hours for several years now doing violent video games‚ to the sacrifice of his schooling‚ his portion in household maintenance activities‚ his friends‚ communication with the family
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