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Understanding Addiction: Causes and Effects

This document discusses addiction, providing definitions and facts. It defines addiction as habitual psychological dependence on a substance or practice beyond voluntary control, involving compulsive behavior and changes to brain structure and function. Some key facts presented are that 15% of teenagers experiment with illegal drugs, over 3 million people are drug addicts in India, and 40% of cancer cases in India are tobacco-related. The document discusses various substances of addiction, including legal substances like caffeine and nicotine, medical drugs, and illegal drugs. It also notes genetic and environmental factors that can contribute to addiction development and relapse.

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Understanding Addiction: Causes and Effects

This document discusses addiction, providing definitions and facts. It defines addiction as habitual psychological dependence on a substance or practice beyond voluntary control, involving compulsive behavior and changes to brain structure and function. Some key facts presented are that 15% of teenagers experiment with illegal drugs, over 3 million people are drug addicts in India, and 40% of cancer cases in India are tobacco-related. The document discusses various substances of addiction, including legal substances like caffeine and nicotine, medical drugs, and illegal drugs. It also notes genetic and environmental factors that can contribute to addiction development and relapse.

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ADDICTION

Submitted By:-

AJIT PATEL
AKSHAT SAXENA
AKANSHA
TIWARI
ALEEM
ALI
Submitted To :
ALKESH JAIN

(E.C.E.)

What is addiction ?

AddictionisHabitual psychological dependence


on a substance or practice that is beyond
voluntary control.

Compulsive Behavior
negative consequence
changes in the brains structure
and function
Healthy
Brain

Cocaine

Addict Brain

OME FACTS ABOUT ADDICTION

BEFORE

Among teenagers, drunk driving is the


leading cause of death.
Higher risk of developing specific
physical disorders (diseases) associated
with the chronic and excessive use of
particular substances.
Approximately 15 percent of children
under the age of 18 have admitted to
experimenting with illegal drugs.

AFTER

FACTS ABOUT ADDICTION

nearly 35 million people make a serious attempt to quit


smoking each year.
Over 3 million drug addicts in India.Cannabis,heroin,
opium and hashish are the most commonly used drugs in
India.

Cigarettes contains---- 4,000 chemical compounds,


200 known poisons, 60 cancer causing agents.
40 out of 100 cancer cases in india are tobacco-related.
nearly 95% of all oral cancers occur among tobacco users.

SUBSTANCES OF ADDICTION

Legal : Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol Inhalants

Medical Prescribed : Amphetamines,


Sedative-hypnotic drugs, Opioids

Illegal : Phencyclidine (PCP), Hallucinogens,


Cocaine, Cannabis

Problems and Risks

Low socioeconomic status, family conflict, and exposure to violence.


Difficulty coping with stress or anger

CONTINUED
1.

The loss of the ability to react quickly

2.

Deterioration of brain structure and size

3.

Problem of gambling

WHY CANT THEY QUIT ?


GENETIC

Specific
GENETIC
genes
Specific
genes

GXE
ENVIRONMENTAL
Interaction
Family, Peers
GXE
ENVIRONMENTAL
Interaction
Workplace

Family, Peers
Comorbidity
Workplace
Early onset
Comorbidity
Early onset

Brain disorders
Prolong use leads
to aphysical
dependency, the
addict needs to use
more of the
substance just to
feel normal

SURVEYS

BONE
It never wants to let go.
It bugs you until it gets what
it wants.
It never forgets when and
where it is used to getting its
bone.
It thinks its going to get a
bone anytime you do
anything that reminds it of
the bone.

THREE CS OF ADDICTION
Early

Control

social & recreational use


Eventual loss of emotional & behavioral control
Cognitive distortions (denial & minimization)
Tolerance & Withdrawal= Strictly defined CD

Compulsion

Drug-seeking activities & Craving Addiction


Continued use despite adverse consequences
Natural

Chronicity

history of multiple relapses preceding


stable recovery
Possible relapse after years of sobriety

(E.C.E.) ADDICTION Submitted By:- AJIT PATEL AKSHAT SAXENA AKANSHA TIWARI ALEEM ALI ALKESH JAIN Submitted To :
What is addiction ? Addiction is Habitual psychological dependence on a substance or practice that is beyond voluntary con
OME FACTS ABOUT ADDICTION Among teenagers, drunk driving is the leading cause of death. Higher risk of developing specifi
FACTS ABOUT ADDICTION nearly 35 million people make a serious attempt to quit smoking each year.   Over 3 million drug add
SUBSTANCES OF ADDICTION Legal : Caffeine, (http://coffeetea.about.com/od/caffeine/a/symptoms.htm) Nicotine, Alcohol Inhalan
Problems and Risks  Low socioeconomic status, family conflict, and exposure to violence. Difficulty coping with stress or a
CONTINUED… 1. The loss of the ability to react quickly 2. Deterioration of brain structure and size 3. Problem of gamb
Brain disorders •  Prolong use leads to a physical dependency,  the addict needs to use more of the substance just to f
SURVEYS
BONE It never wants to let go. It bugs you until it gets what it wants. It never forgets when and where it is used to ge

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