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Summary Psychology Unit 3 - Addiction
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- Unit 3 Health psychology
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- PEARSON (PEARSON)
An introduction into addictions What addiction is Behavioural & Physiological addictions. Griffiths 6 components of addiction.
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AddictionWhat is addiction?
Addiction is a complex mental disorder where a person becomes dependent on a
substance.
Addiction is measured by if someone can survive without the substance or
behaviour. Such as smoking, substances, alcohol, gambling, shopping and there are
many others.
There are different types of addiction, but they are grouped into 2 categories:
Physiological and Behavioral.
There are 6 components to addiction:
Salience - Also means dependance, where a person is unable to live a normal life
without the substance or behaviour.
Tolerance - The person needs a larger amount of the substance to achieve the same
effect as before.
Mood alteration - Addiction causes negative and positive changes to a person's
mood. Someone may feel a high with the substance but they may also feel low after
it.
Withdrawal - The effects that occur when an individual stops or reduces the intake of
a substance.
Relapse - When a person reverts back into the previous behaviour or substance.
Conflict - Interpersonal: Happens between the addict and others. Intrapersonal:
Between the addict and themselves.
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