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| the continued use of drug despite negative consequences |
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| compulsion: consumed with the addiction; time spent thinking, getting or using, negative consequences and denial; after going through withdrawal there is tendency for relapse |
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| DSM IV criteria for substance dependance |
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| Inability, More drug used, a lot of time, tolerance, old activity, friends and family members, withdrawal and negative consequences |
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| lying, cheating, stealing, irresponsibility, denial, selfishness, lack of caring, outright defiance |
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| part that makes us human; planning, motivating action, memory, reward systemand emotion |
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| goes to prefontal cortex and then to hippocampus |
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| collection of neurons located in the forebrain |
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| located in the midbrain atop the brainstem, one of the, very primative |
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| eat for survival, kill to defend, sex, pleasurable/salient |
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| drugs tap into the core system |
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| these systems evolved to mediate survival |
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| scientific definition of addict |
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| addiction is a dysregulation of the midbrain dopamine system (pleasure center) resulting in symptoms of decreased brain functioning, specifically: 1. loss of control, 2. craving/ suffering, 3. persistent drug use despite negative consequences |
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| 5-10 fold higher than those induced by natural reinforces |
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| in addiction and at the level of unconsciousness |
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| allele that is associated with decreased DA receptors in the midbrain but doesn't cause addiction, addicts tend to have higher percentage that have this allele |
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