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TRIPTYCH Addictions

The document describes the causes, symptoms and types of addictions. Addictions are chronic brain diseases caused by biological, genetic, psychological and environmental factors. Symptoms include loss of control, damage to quality of life, and denial. The most common addictions are to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine and behaviors. Treatment involves detoxification, rehabilitation and prevention through education.

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TRIPTYCH Addictions

The document describes the causes, symptoms and types of addictions. Addictions are chronic brain diseases caused by biological, genetic, psychological and environmental factors. Symptoms include loss of control, damage to quality of life, and denial. The most common addictions are to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine and behaviors. Treatment involves detoxification, rehabilitation and prevention through education.

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WHAT ARE ADDICTIONS?

SYMPTOMS OF ADDICTIONS * Automatic Desires are triggered by


situations, places and people related to
Addiction is considered a chronic and * Loss of control of use , characterized by use, so that they evoke euphoric
recurring brain disease that is episodes of compulsive use that lead to the memories associated with desires to use
characterized by a pathological search for investment of significant time and energy that are accompanied by anxiety and
reward and/or relief through the use of a in the addictive behavior, so that the repeated ideas of use.
substance or other behaviors. addict increasingly functions with greater * Obsession or excessive concern
difficulty in his or her life in general. regarding situations of use and related
* Damage or progressive deterioration of to the use, whether consumption of
the person's quality of life due to the psychotropic substances or behavioral
negative consequences of the practice of practices.
addictive behavior. * Emotional Freezing as a result of
* Use despite harm , which manifests biochemical changes in the brain and in
itself as the continued practice of addition to the psycho-emotional
addictive behavior, despite personal and distortions of the addictive process.
family harm.
CAUSES OF ADDICTIONS * Denial or Self-deception whose function These symptoms can occur all together
is to separate the addict from the or selectively and with different
Biological, genetic, psychological and awareness of the consequences that intensity at a given time, and can vary
personality, socio-cultural and family addiction has on his life. over time and with the progression of
factors come together in a multisystemic * Euphoric Memory is a selective memory the addictive disease.
interaction, first producing the process through which, automatically, a
predisposition and then with exposure to memory of the euphoria associated with
the triggering factor, which could be: episodes of use in the past emerges.
psychotropic substances, play, sex, * Addictive Thinking is called the set of
relationships, food, etc. .; it evolves thought distortions typical of addiction, in
towards the consolidation of the addition to denial and self-deception.
pathological process called addiction. *Search Behavior is a set of behaviors
learned during the addictive process that
subconsciously bring the addict closer to TYPES OF ADDITIONS
the substance or behavior of their
addiction. The most common addictions are the
following.
 Alcohol: alcohol is the most consumed  Understanding addiction.
substance in our country.  Getting help.
 Tobacco: The tobacco plant contains a  The First Step of Treatment :
chemical called nicotine, which is very Drug and Alcohol Detox – A
addictive. comprehensive treatment program
 Cannabis (marijuana): derived from hemp addresses both the physical and
whose best-known addictive substance is psychological components of
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
addiction, to help addicts stay sober
 Cocaine: It is the substance that produces
forever.
the most demands for addiction
 The Second Step: Drug and Alcohol
treatments.
Rehab – Recovery after addiction
 Amphetamines: They are very addictive
takes time.
synthetic chemical substances.
 Prevention and Care - Preventive
 Ecstasy (MDMA): derived from
amphetamines, it produces mental education helps young people stay
disorders. away from drugs, but valuable advice
 LSD: Hallucinogens are drugs that alter should come from parents in an open
the perception of reality. and honest way, when children are
 Opiates: Heroin has its origins in opium, still relatively young.
the consumption of which produces
euphoria and a feeling of general
relaxation.
 Psychotropic drugs: they can cause
addictions with serious consequences.
 Steroids: Anabolic steroids used to
increase muscle mass and improve physical
performance.
 Addictive behaviors: Some of the most
common addictive behaviors are gambling
addiction or addictions to sex or the
internet.

TREATMENT

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