Addiction Assessment

How do you decide if someone is addicted to something...

  1. Compulsion to use
  2. Continued use in spite of adverse consequences
  3. Inability to Control use
  4. Craving - psychological or physical

Note: Neither withdrawal symptoms nor tolerance are required for addiction.

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Brain Changes in Addiction

Sensitization: Hyper reactivity to addiction related cues. Greater wanting but less liking Desensitization: Number pleasure response. Tolerance: need for higher doses or greater stimuli Hypofrontality: Weakened impulse

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Published on: Nov 28, 2020

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