What Does an Addiction Specialist Do?

The concept of addiction comes from drug dependence, or drug addiction. The World Health Organization (WHO) expert committee defines drug addiction as: Drug dependence is a mental state caused by the interaction between drugs and the body, and sometimes also includes the physical state. It exhibits a compulsive behavior and other reactions to the drug on a regular basis, in order to feel its psychological effects, or to avoid discomfort caused by drug withdrawal. The connotation of addiction now covers substance (drug) addiction and behavior addiction. The core feature of behavioral addiction is that patients clearly know that their behavior is harmful but cannot control it. Treatment tends to be a combination of medication and psychotherapy and family therapy for comprehensive treatment.

Basic Information

English name

addictiion

Visiting department

Department of Psychology

Common causes

Catalyzed repeatedly by the susceptible qualities of individuals, caused by imbalance of internal physiological state of the brain caused by external behavioral stimulation

Common symptoms

Strong craving or impulsiveness for addictive substances and behaviors, reducing or stopping will cause general discomfort, irritability, irritability, lack of concentration, sleep disturbance, etc.

Causes of Addiction

Drug addiction is a chronic recurrent brain disease characterized by compulsive seeking and use of drugs and loss of control over medication use. The formation mechanism is the repeated use of drugs by individuals. The chemical components of drugs directly affect the brain, which extensively changes the structure and function of the nervous system of the brain, and further promotes drug-seeking and medication behaviors, eventually leading to the occurrence of addiction disorders. From the perspective of neurobiology, behavioral addiction and drug addiction have a common biological mechanism. They are repeatedly catalyzed by the susceptible qualities of individuals, and cause external imbalances in the physiological state of the brain through external behavioral stimulation, leading to the emergence of addiction.

Common causes of addiction

Drug addiction

Those who repeatedly use psychoactive substances are in a state of periodic or chronic poisoning. Addiction substances mainly include: abuse of prescription drugs: such as cough drops, tramadol, compound licorice tablets, and compound diphenoxylate; opioid addiction: such as morphine, duolidine, methadone, buprenorphine, etc .; New drug addiction: such as K powder, ecstasy, methamphetamine, Magu, Wuzai, etc .; traditional drug addiction: such as heroin, yellow skin, marijuana; sleeping drug addiction: such as diazepam, sullenazine, triazolam, Azerbaijan Prozolam and others. Common diseases: non-dependent substances associated with dependence, heroin kidney disease, drug addiction, etc.

2. Behavioral Addiction

Know clearly that your behavior is harmful but you cannot control it. Including Internet addiction, gambling addiction, shopping addiction, diet addiction, sexual addiction, video game addiction, tobacco and alcohol addiction.

Addiction check

1. Strong desire or impulsiveness for addictive substances and behaviors.

2. Withdrawal reactions such as physical discomfort, irritability, irritability, inattention, and sleep disturbances may occur when reducing or stopping addictive substances and behaviors; withdrawal responses may be alleviated by using other similar substances or behaviors .

Addiction treatment principles

The treatment of addictive diseases is a difficult problem at home and abroad. Previous treatments were often limited to drug treatment, and years of practice have proven that the rate of recurrence of pure drug treatment is high. Therefore, a combination of drug therapy and psychotherapy and family therapy is now preferred for comprehensive treatment. Domestic addiction medical experts have proposed a "five-in-one" comprehensive treatment model of addictive psychological diseases that integrates drug therapy, psychotherapy, behavior correction, gratitude education and social support.