Addictions and Addictive Behavior: Threats to Wellness

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Objectives

• Define addiction.

• Distinguish addictions from habits, and identify the signs of addiction.

• Discuss the addictive process, the physiology of addiction, and the biopsychosocial model of addiction.

• Describe types of addictions.

• Evaluate treatment and recovery options.


Defining Addiction

• Addiction – continued involvement with a substance or activity despite ongoing negative consequences

• Physiological addiction

• Psychological addiction


Habit versus Addiction

• Habit – repeated behavior in which the repetition may be unconscious

• Compulsion – if the habit occurs by compulsion and considerable discomfort is experienced if the behavior is not performed, then the repetition or habit is considered an addiction


Signs of Addiction

• Four common symptoms:

• Obsession

• Loss of control

• Negative consequences

• Denial


The Addictive Process

• “Nurturing through avoidance”

• The physiology of addiction:

• Neurotransmitters

• Tolerance

• Withdrawal


Figure 11.1 Cycle of Psychological Addiction

Figure 11.1


Model of Addiction

• Biopsychosocial model – proposes that addiction is caused by a variety of factors operating together


Other Thoughts on Addiction

• Biological or disease influences

• Environmental influences

• Social learning theory

• Psychological factors


Figure 11.2 Risk Factors for Addiction

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Figure 11.2 Risk Factors for Addiction (continued)

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Figure 11.2 Risk Factors for Addiction (continued)

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Types of Addiction

• Process addictions – behaviors known to be addictive because they are mood altering:• Money addictions

• Compulsive gambling

• Compulsive shopping and borrowing

• Work addiction

• Exercise:• Addictive exercisers

• Muscle dysmorphia

• Internet

• Sexual

• Multiple


Figure 11.3 Signs of Work Addiction

Figure 11.3


How Addiction Affects Family and Friends

• Codependence – a person is “addicted to the addict”; they assume responsibility for meeting the addict’s need and neglect their own

• Enablers – people who knowingly or unknowingly protect addicts from the natural consequences of their actions


Treatment for and Recovery from Addiction

• Intervention – planned process of confrontation by people who are important to the addict; its purpose is to allow the addict to see the destructive nature of the addiction

• Treatment:

• Abstinence – refraining from the addictive behavior

• Detoxification – adjustment physically and congnitively to being free from the influence of addiction


Choosing a Treatment

• The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – Project MATCH

• Three strategies for addiction treatment were studied:

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy

• Motivational psychology

• 12-step programs

• Conclusion was that focus for treatment selection should be on choosing a program that was complete


Relapse

• Isolated or complete return to addictive behavior

• Relapse prevention requires the addict and significant others to recognize the signs of imminent relapse and to develop a plan for responding to the signs

• Relapse is not a failure to change or a lack of desire to stay well

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