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    Surgical Addiction

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    Patrick McGimpsey Psychology 101 Ryan Robb 07/27/12 Surgical Addiction Surgical addiction or body dysmorphic disorder is defined as “a problem in which a person has repeated unnecessary cosmetic surgery procedures.” (Gwinnell‚ Adamec pg. 75) Sufferers feel compelled to have multiple cosmetic surgeries to fix real or imagined physical imperfections. After one procedure is performed patients will find and obsess over another defect and get another surgery. This becomes a regular routine

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    Tv Addiction

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    TV Addiction It’s in the house of everyone. Some people having more than one‚ each in every room‚ even in the bathrooms. Television. From watching your favorite TV series‚ or those reality shows‚ the news or of course movies‚ TV has become a must have in a home. The average person until the age of 18 will have watched about 24000 hours of TV. In that time a person could’ve finished 2 years of university‚ could’ve studied 1 or 2 languages‚ speaking both of them almost fluently‚ or could’ve read

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    Physiology Of Addiction

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    treat the dysfunction called addiction. Some people use cognitive behavioral therapy‚ support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous‚ and also medical treatment. Each approach has positives and negatives to consider‚ but I will focus on those related to the medical treatment of addiction. Initially‚ to even begin treating addiction with a medical mindset‚ you must understand addiction as a disease of the body and mind. The disease model of addiction states that addiction is an abnormal condition stemming

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    Drug addiction

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    Drug addiction is a serious problem in our society‚ and the most troublesome part is teen drug addiction. Peter Wong‚ who was one of the famers of drug addict‚ share his own experiences about drug addiction. So‚ why did he start taking drugs? How did he change after taking drugs? And how he kicked this habit? First of all‚ how did he start taking drugs? Many studies have been conducted to know the reasons behind the teenage drug addiction. Some of the common reasons suggested by them include

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    Internet Addiction

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    main factors of causing overuse of the internet‚ addiction and the lack of a daily schedule‚ respectively. Internet addiction can directly lead to unrestrained use of internet‚ which is the most remarkable root cause. The symptoms of internet addiction are similar with that of other addictions‚ including physical and emotional dependency. As a result‚ it is challenging to give up smoking‚ drug and alcohol abuse as well as the internet addiction. Compulsive internet use has become epidemic among

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    Drugs & Addiction

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    Drugs and Addiction Carl Jung‚ a Swiss psychiatrist once said: “Every form of addiction is bad‚ no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol‚ morphine or idealism.” I agree with what he said. It’s true; addiction is not only bad‚ it can be dangerous! Do you know how many people who take drugs die each year? According to WHO (World Health Organization)‚ 2‚000 Americans die each year from using heroin‚ in England‚ 5‚000. 2‚500 Americans die each year from using cocaine. Alcohol kills 80‚000 Americans

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    Internet Addiction

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    it basically caters to anyone with access to it. Being so accessible the internet can easily become addictive to people just as drugs can. The dictionary defines addiction as the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming. Critics argue though‚ that "internet addiction" is not possible because there are no chemical substances involved. However‚ just like people can get addicted to television or anything else that they may enjoy

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    Internet Addiction

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    the average World ofWarcraftiunkie undoubtedly represents a much less destructive social force than the average meth head. But it’s not extreme anecdotes that make the specter of Internet addiction so threatening; it’s the fact that Internet overuse has the potential to scale in a way that few other addictions do. Even if Steve designed a really cool - looking syringe and started distributing free heroin on street corners‚ not everyone would try it. But who among us doesn’t already check his email

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    Facebook Addiction

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    While Facebook addiction disorder or Facebook addiction are not medically accepted terms‚ the actuality of addictive behavior on Facebook is a mounting concern for scores of Facebook users‚ and one that psychoanalysts are seeing more regularly in their patients. According to Fenichel‚ if you have found that sharing‚ connecting and learning through Facebook has replaced all avenues of learning and communicating and in your life‚ it is a possibility that you have Facebook addiction Disorder. There

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    Gadget Addiction

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    Gadget addicts: There has been much debate between psychiatrists and psychologists whether there is such a thing as internet addiction.    When I got home from holiday‚ I mentioned technology addiction to one of my friends. She said she was increasingly worried about her husband’s obsession with his handheld computer.  ’When he comes home from work‚ he’s lucky if he manages 15 minutes talking to the kids before he switches it on‚’ she said. ’And he’s glued to it for the rest of the night. Even

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