Essays on Addictive Behavior

Addiction refers to the state or condition of repeating a particular behavior where the need or compulsion is strong compared to the habituation such as drug-taking. Thus the definition of addiction has been formalized and extended to include: a strong compulsion, the habit of increasing dose, and the production of physical dependence. While addiction is often equated with drugs abuse and other ordinary addictions, the concepts is often used in reference to an ever-increasing range of activities, hence addictive behaviors which often don’t involve substances at all such as sex, the internet, gambling and even anorexia nervosa. Until ...

Back in the days, before the late 2000s, most people relied on their television when it came to broadcast programming, and the web served to provide people with digital content. That simplicity is long gone due to the rapid advancement in technology which has brought with it sophisticated devices together with content workflow which allows for cross-consumption of both digital and traditional content in almost all available device endpoints. This convergence of traditional and digital methods of content viewing have resulted into individual viewers watching their favorite shows on tablets, phones and televisions anywhere and at any time. This ...

Addiction is immensely becoming a pandemic situation. Each country and region’s population is having some or other substance abuse problem. This situation needs a deep analysis with the help of various clinical studies and research. This article is a summary of the article ‘Sex, Stress, and Drug Cues in Addiction.’

SUMMARY

In the article, the author focuses on three important factors affecting the addictive behavior. According to the author stress, has a significant impact on mind’s tendency of attraction towards addiction. Stress induces some specific path in the brain that leads to psychomotor stimulants, and possibly through sensitization. These kind of mechanism ...

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IT addiction is the dependency on technology that is currently extremely prevalent in the society. Smartphones are now a major part of our life and have a major role to play in the onslaught of IT addiction. With Smartphone enabled social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, many young people find themselves, more on their smartphones. Smartphones have revolutionized how people interact and socialize and simultaneously has posed serious health and socio-cultural hazards. The use and dependency of Smartphone have gone to the level of addiction. ...

COMMUNICATION

Introduction to Mobile phone Technology boom Human intelligence is far more unfathomable to have created smart means of transport and communication like high speed aircrafts, LCD televisions and, of course, mobile phones. Advent of mobile phones is rather recent spanning over a maximum of two decades (Saylor, 2012). Nobody ever thought before how mobile phones will be impacting the society, by and large, what we see exactly today. Also, when we ask a question how such a small device can impact the society to such an extent, the answer, which comes spontaneously, is “Mobile phones are continuously in the process of ...

COMMUNICATION

Introduction Mobile phones are intelligent devices, created by human beings, which have been a breakthrough discovery in technology spanning over past one to two decades (Saylor, 2012). Mobile phones have indeed impacted societies, by and large, in addition to, just being a technological breakthrough. Importantly, mobile phones are quite user friendly. Societies, primarily youngsters, of age group between 15 to 40, have been influenced a lot by mobile phones. Indeed, the benefits of mobile phones are faster connectivity to friends, families and various networking sites and news on the internet. The downsides of usage of mobile phones are addictive behaviors, exposure ...

Substance abuse contributes to a variety of social problems, including social disorders, disease transmission, family disorders, and criminal behavior. A variety of biological, psychological, and social factors are potential causes of addictive behavior. Therefore, it is important to resolve the causes relevant to each individual in order to resolve addiction. Long-term success is achieved only when the causes of addiction are addressed, but treatments also need to consider short-term goals like preventing relapse during the withdrawal stage. Biological influences can make individuals susceptible to substance abuse. Various studies identified chromosomal regions in the human genome that can cause physiological ...

- Most frighteningly, because many of these painkillers cause slow breathing and because teens have a tendency to mix painkillers, they can even cause teens to die. - Of course the primary effect painkillers have on teens is to make pain subside. - The lucid effect painkillers provide also encourages teens to use them recreationally. - Over half of teens using painkillers do not actually need them, but only use them as a source to get high. - Continuous use of painkillers to get high may be thought to be harmless by some but it is not. ...

Drug addiction has become a major concern to the government, as it is a major hindrance to countries prosperity. The use of drugs for a long period leads to getting addictive and it becomes hard to live without. The Government has started fighting use of drugs before it destroy the society and the economy. This essay shows that it is the duty of the government to stop the drug abuse from users and addicts in order to save both drug addicts and the country as a whole. Government’s belief that addiction happens because of bad personal choices, weak character and an ...

Substances abused and implications of abuse

Substance abuse and drug addiction have been a running debate as many young people get used to drugs. Drug abuse victims today have filled healthcare centers and emergency departments because of health damages caused by drug use. The most commonly abused drugs include alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. According to McKetin, McLaren ,Lubman & Hides (2006), the use of cocaine, heroin and marijuana causes the most adverse effects on victims of drug and substance abuse. James Adams is a now a 20 years old man who has been addicted to cocaine. He is half-American half-Asian and has been using the drugs frequently ...

The theory proposed in this paper is based on motivation and addresses some of the concerns regarding stage-based theories such as the trans-theoretical theory of motivation. The various tenets of motivation that are attributed to change are propounded in the initial sections as described below. Motivation is a key to change. The incentive sensitization theory of addiction explains addiction from a motivational perspective with respect to mental processes. Arguably, a motivational change process would therefore be an ideal recovery mechanism. Due to the complexity and multidimensional nature of change involving human behavior, this theory calls for a multifaceted approach that does not necessarily ...

Alcoholism is both a health and social issue that needs to be regulated or treated when necessary. Although the Alcoholic Anonymous support group was founded in 1935, the issue of alcohol abuse did not capture the attention of the US government until the second half of the 20th century when they started providing funds for rigorous scientific research on the physiological and psychological mechanisms responsible for the development of the disorder (Longabaugh & Magill, 2011). Today, pharmacological research is directed towards understanding the pathophysiology of alcoholism to develop suitable treatments while psychological research aims to understand the role of external factors ...

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Addiction is a dangerous chronic disease which comes in many forms such as drug use, gambling habits, sexual behaviors, the addiction to food and the desire to have an abundance of money that is obtained by any means. Addiction has created destruction in many families, crumbled prosperous lives and has even ended in the death of the addict, Is there a cure for an addict. The answer is no however it can be managed by empowering the addict with knowledge of the disease, taking actions to control the addiction and treating the disease. 2.The difference between addiction and dependency. ...

Abstract

Researchers showed that genetics has a strong influence on individual’s behavior when it comes to addiction. Substance abuse and dependence are disorders that are usually manifested together with some other psychological disorders such as antisocial personality disorder, depression, anxiety and others. Patients who suffer from depression or schizophrenia more often manifest addictive behavior. Explanation for this co-morbidity is found in genetic polymorphism. There are alterations in recorded activity of the brain in individuals who abuse substances. Their brainwaves are abnormal so was the brainwaves of their children, who never tried psychoactive substances. Biology is the basis of the brainwaves and ...