Science Behind Addiction
This model of addiction asserts that addiction is not simply a failure of willpower or a moral failing, but rather a biological and neurological condition that alters brain structure and function.
What is the Disease Model?
The percentage of someone's vulnerability to develop an addiction that is determined by genetics.
What is 40-60%?
A powerful desire or urge for a substance.
What is a craving?
Refusing to accept reality or facts
What is denial?
A form of psychotherapy where one or more therapists work with several people at the same time.
What is group therapy?
This neurotransmitter (brain chemical) plays a crucial role in the brain's reward system, reinforcing behaviors that lead to addiction.
What is Dopamine?
The percentage of people with a substance use disorder in the past year who also have a mental illness.
What is 55.8%?
This occurs when the brain gets used to a substance and more is needed to achieve the same effect. This leads to increased use.
What is tolerance?
Shifting responsibility to external causes or people
What is blaming?
A form of therapy that focuses on improving relationships between an individual and their family members as they recover from addiction.
What is family therapy?
The brain's ability to change, reorganize, or grow neural networks by adapting to new experiences.
What is neuroplasticity?
The number of people 12 years or older (in millions) who had a substance use disorder in the past year.
What is 48.7 million?
Symptoms include: Sweating, chills, shakes, nausea, vomiting, headache, body ache, heart palpitations, irritability, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and mood swings.
What is withdrawal?
Making excuses to justify behavior
What is rationalization?
Meetings in which people in recovery gather and work through the 12-steps.
What is NA/AA?
The structure in the brain that is altered in addiction and is responsible for decision making, impulse control, planning, and emotional regulation.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
The relapse rate for substance use disorders within the first 5 years of sobriety.
What is 40-60%?
Inability to stop using a substance even if you want to and know that it is bad for you.
Compulsive Use
Downplaying the severity of the issue
What is minimization?
An integrated approach to treating substance use that combines medication with psychosocial interventions (such as therapy) to enhance recovery outcomes.
What is medication-assisted treatment (MAT)?
The system in the brain that is altered during addiction and is responsible for emotion, motivation, and our internal reward signals.
What is the limbic system?
The relapse rate for substance use disorders after 5 years of continued sobriety.
What is 15%?
Constant obsessing about a substance or the use of a substance
What is preoccupation?
Overthinking or using logic to avoid emotions
Intellectualization
A type of psychotherapy in which negative thought patterns are challenged in order to alter unwanted behavior patterns.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?