Current Topics in Health 26 November 2012 Drug Addiction a Disease? Drug addiction‚ a new major phenomenon in our society today. The dependence‚ compulsive craving of a drug which becomes priority over all other issues in one’s life. We recognize that this issue of drugs and addiction is a growing problem now affecting most in this world. The physical characteristics of addiction would trembling‚ sweating‚ loss of appetite‚ and seizures. Psychological characteristics are harder
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Drug addiction has many negative physiological health effects‚ ranging from minor issues like digestion problems or respiratory infections‚ to potentially fatal diseases. The effects depend on the drug and on the amount‚ method and frequency of use. http://www.articlesbase.com/addictions-articles/effects-of-drug-addiction-674773.html ------------------------------------------------- THE EFFECTS OF DRUG ADDICTION ON FAMILY LIFE Codependency plays a part in the role of the spouse‚ parent or child
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body hitting the walls in attempt to balance themselves and then you realize that someone arrived home intoxicated again. Addiction and alcohol abuse harms and affects people whether physically or mentally. The consumption of alcohol‚ by anyone‚ always stems from a desire for entertainment‚ a need for stress relief‚ or as a simple night out with friends. However‚ alcohol addiction occurs at a rapid rate and takes a massive toll not only
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Behaviourism VS Cognitive This assignment will critically analyse two of the core approaches in psychology- Behaviourism versus the Cognitive approach. Behaviourists believe that all behaviours are gained through conditioning; conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment. Behaviourists say our responses to environmental stimuli shape our behaviour. If the environment surrounding us is altered- our thoughts‚ behaviour and feelings are also altered. Cognitive psychologists study
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Vulnerability to addiction (risk factors) Personality – vulnerability / risk factor • Lawton - Originally believed that addiction led to personality defects; however some research indicated that defective personality characteristics precede addiction. • Eysenck – developed a psychological resource model‚ he believed that certain personality types lead to addiction. • Suggested that individuals develop habit based on purpose related to personality type e.g. hedonist‚ sensation seeker • Eysenck
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PCN-100 January 20‚ 2014 Anne Marie Bach- Sterling Roles of the Addiction Counselor Analysis Paper An addiction counselor has many roles; counselor is only one of them. Others include interventionist‚ mediator‚ advocate‚ change agent‚ adviser‚ and facilitator (Lecture Module 4‚ 2013). While treating a client those roles are constantly changing and are necessary to help a client to overcome addiction. In addition the counselor must be able to maintain a balance of ethical‚ moral‚ and legal
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Memory is an organism’s ability to store‚ retain‚ and recall information and experiences. Within the study of the cognitive process‚ one of the main models of memory is the Multi-Store Model. The Multi-store model was first proposed in 1968 by Atkinson and Shiffrin. This model is based on two assumptions: that memory consists of a number of separate stories‚ and secondly‚ that the memory processes are sequential. What the memory stores is seen as components that operate in conjunction with the
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1. What is Internet and Computer Addiction? Internet and Computer Addition has different variety of impulse-control problems which includes: (a) Cyber-Relationship Addiction – it is an addiction to different social networking sites which causes people to care more to their online friends than their real-life friends and family. (b) Net Compulsions – online businesses such as eBay often causes to financial problems. (c) Information Overload – causes people to interact less with their family and
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communications can enhance the brain’s ability to process information. Addiction symptoms Nada Kakabadse‚ a Professor at the Northampton Business School‚ said: "Your judgement is impaired. Equally your decision making processes are impaired. "It’s like losing your spatial judgement‚ so instead of walking through the door you walk into it. You’re more prone to have a car accident if you drive." Prof Kakabadse added: "It’s addiction to portable technology‚ which you take with you practically to bed
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visual search Introduce feature search Conjunctive search Top-down effect Bottom-up effect It has need to Did you find the feature search or the conjunctive search to be more difficult? -Compare with guide search model (GS) and features integration theory (FIT) -Conjunctive search is more difficult A common observation within visual-search tasks‚ such as the one in this demonstration‚ is that the conjunctive absent condition takes about twice as long as the conjunctive
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