interest in what was once enjoyable activities‚ mood swings‚ anger‚ anxiety‚ stealing anyone’s belongings to be able to purchase drugs and go in a desperate search to find a drug for long periods of time. Physical addiction on the other hand is significantly different than psychological addiction.
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Effects of Drug Addiction in America Drug addiction is a continual problem within the United States. The abuse of drugs on a daily basis can cause multiple effects. An effect is a change that is the result or consequence of an action. Therefore‚ some drug addicts may be affected socially‚ economically‚ and medically. One of the most serious social effects of drug addiction is the breakdown of families. An addict can loose his/her family‚ as a result of behaviors and actions that put family members
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Cognitive psychology essay In this essay I will discuss three topics on Cognitive Psychology in relation to three everyday phenomena‚ while also exploring how useful Cognitive Psychology is in predicting these everyday phenomena. Another aspect will be applying cognitive psychology to these matters and identifying how it can be used to improve them. Decision Making The first topic I will discuss is decision making‚ which cognitive psychology has developed many definitions and theories in order
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between the psychosocial developmental perspectives of behaviorism and cognitive theory. Cognitive concerns itself with the thought process behind behavior‚ whereas behavior concerns its self with observable behavior. Cognitive works with stuff like decision making and memories. Behaviorism says that we learn by “trial and error” that certain actions are associated with certain consequences. The only two things that cognitive and behaviorism have in common is they both deal with behavior but that’s
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Cognitive Development: Overview Author: Anne Hurley I. Main Objectives Learn that: • • • • Developmental theory views cognition as a sequential and increasingly complex unfolding of biologically driven abilities. These abilities can be influenced by the environment. There are five basic aspects‚ or fields‚ of development. These fields are language‚ visual-motor tasks‚ fine motor development‚ gross motor development‚ and social behavior. Different theorists have proposed different
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Intergenerational Patterns of Addiction Jodi Stillman Genograms can be very enlightening for families. Many patterns of multigenerational issues can be exposed and explored by beginning with a genogram. There are patterns of medical issues that can be brought to light and give a family a chance to make healthier choices in an effort to stave off the effects of genetic predispositions to certain illnesses. The same can be said for patterns of addictions across multiple generations of the family
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Suburbia | America’s Heroin Crisis. Dir. India Rakusen. BBC.com. BBC‚ 30 Aug. 2016. Web. 23 Mar. 2017. "Today’s Heroin Epidemic." Www.cdc.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 7 July 2015. Web. 21 Mar. 2017. Volkow‚ Nora D. "America’s Addiction to Opioids: Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse." Www.drugabuse.gov. National Institute On Drug Abuse‚ 14 May 2014. Web. 21 Mar. 2017. Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End Of The Street. Dir. Steven Okazaki. N.p.‚ 17 Mar. 00. Web. 3 May
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Drug addiction Drug addiction is a condition which can be classified as abnormal. An addict is someone who is obsessed with a particular substance or substances which can be uncontrollable and compulsive which without having it can lead to withdrawal symptoms as the person’s body becomes dependent on this substance in order to function. This dependency on this substance continues and can become destructive. Drug addiction can be for the increase in demand for substance or even medication..
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Pharmacology of Addiction 1. List and discuss four reasons why drugs are abused. There are many reasons why drugs get abused: For instance Peer Pressure‚ I feel it’s the leading cause. Some people will do anything to fit in with certain crowds and people that they will turn to drugs if “everyone” else is doing it. Another reason is to escape‚ or to forget about their problems‚ worries‚ and stress. Some drugs offer a tranquilizing effect that can make a person happy or calmer. Also
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access to narcotics on the job‚ it can be difficult to recognize a problem in the early stages. Only once the nurse’s activities have been suspected due to medication shortage or job performance problems can intervention be made. Professionals with addiction not only risk harming themselves and their career‚ but put their patients at an increased unnecessary risk of malpractice. Unfortunately in November 2009‚ four nurses in a local hospital were found to be stealing Morphine‚ Fentanyl‚ Dilaudid‚
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