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External stressors (such as financial concerns and family problems) can, after repeated exposure, affect the physiology of the brain. [16] Chronic stress or trauma has been shown to have neuroadaptive effects. The brain can physically “rewire” itself to accommodate for the increase in cortisol produced by the stressors. Evidence has also ...
For example, individuals who begin using alcohol or other drugs in their teens are more likely to have a substance use disorder as adults. [1] Other common risk factors are being male, being under 25, having other mental health problems (with the latter two being related to symptomatic relapse, impaired clinical and psychosocial adjustment ...
Substance dependence, also known as drug dependence, is a biopsychological situation whereby an individual's functionality is dependent on the necessitated re-consumption of a psychoactive substance because of an adaptive state that has developed within the individual from psychoactive substance consumption that results in the experience of withdrawal and that necessitates the re-consumption ...
Internet addiction is associated with disrupted signaling in brain regions important for functions such as managing attention, a new study of teens has found. How internet addiction may affect ...
Therapy for addictions is not a cure, but a way of managing addictive behaviors. [32] It is a treatment tailored to the specific triggers and root causes affecting each patient (such as trauma, stress, or anxiety), [33] and that "enables people to counteract addiction's disruptive effects on their brain and behavior and regain control of their ...
Risk factors for mental illness include psychological trauma, adverse childhood experiences, genetic predisposition, and personality traits. [7] [8] Correlations between mental disorders and substance use are also found to have a two way relationship, in that substance use can lead to the development of mental disorders and having mental disorders can lead to substance use/abuse.
Traditional addiction treatment is based primarily on counseling. Counselors help individuals with identifying behaviors and problems related to their addiction. It can be done on an individual basis, but it's more common to find it in a group setting and can include crisis counseling, weekly or daily counseling, and drop-in counseling supports.
The initiation of drug use including alcohol is most likely to occur during adolescence, and some experimentation with substances by older adolescents is common. For example, results from 2010 Monitoring the Future survey, a nationwide study on rates of substance use in the United States, show that 48.2% of 12th graders report having used an ...