Addictions

= ADDICTIONS: = By George Cortina

__** What is an addiction? **__ -Compulsive need for and use of a habit forming substance characterized by tolerance and by well defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal

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__** 2 Types of addiction: **__ 1. Substance related addictions



2. Behavioral addictions (Soft Addictions)

__** Alcohol Addiction (Alcoholism) **__ - Chronic alcohol use to the degree that it interferes with physical or mental health, or with normal social or work behavior

-According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the prevalence for: - Individuals whose parents were alcoholics are more likely to become one themselves
 * Adults (Ages 18+): 16.3 million adults had an AUD
 * 10.6 million men
 * 5.7 million women
 * Youth (Ages 12-17): estimated 679,000 adolescents had an AUD
 * 367,000 females
 * 311,000 males

- Treatments for Alcoholism include:
 * Professional Rehabilitation Programs
 * Self-help Alcohol Addiction Treatment
 * Therapy

__** Behavioral Addictions **__ -A form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-drug related behavior despite- any negative consequences to the person



Most common types of soft addictions:
 * Sex
 * Shopping
 * Gambling
 * Internet
 * Gaming
 * Porn

Treatments:
 * Psychotherapy
 * Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
 * Sometimes Medication

= Addiction: Cigarettes = By Theresa Place


 * Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States.
 * Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year.
 * More than 41,000 of these deaths from exposure to secondhand smoke.
 * Smoking-related illness in the United States costs more than $300 billion a year, including nearly $170 billion in direct medical care for adults and $156 billion in lost productivity.
 * In 2014, an estimated 16.8% (40.0 million) U.S. adults were current cigarette smokers. Of these, 76.8% (30.7 million) smoked every day, and 23.2% (9.3 million) smoked some days.

===By Race/Ethnicity [|3] === ===By Sex [|3] === ===By Age [|3] ===  **Side Effects**
 * ~ Race/Ethnicity ||~ Prevalence ||
 * American Indian/Alaska Natives (non-Hispanic) || 29.2% ||
 * Asians (non-Hispanic) || 9.5% ||
 * Blacks (non-Hispanic) || 17.5% ||
 * Hispanics || 11.2% ||
 * Multiple Races (non-Hispanic) || 27.9% ||
 * Whites (non-Hispanic) || 18.2% ||
 * ~ Sex ||~ Prevalence ||
 * Men || 18.8% ||
 * Women || 14.8% ||
 * ~ Age ||~ Prevalence ||
 * 18–24 years || 16.7% ||
 * 25–44 years || 20.0% ||
 * 45–64 years || 18.0% ||
 * 65 years and older || 8.5% ||
 * increased risk of stroke and brain damage.
 * eye cataracts, macular degeneration, yellowing of whites of eyes.
 * loss of sense of smell and taste.
 * yellow teeth, tooth decay and bad breath.
 * cancer of the nose, lip, tongue and mouth.



Smoking ad in 1950

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In the 1950s' people were not educated on how bad smoking was for you. They even advertising doctors doing it.

Smoking ad 2016

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Nowadays there are ads and commercials every where encouraging teens and young adults to be the generations that ends smoking.

**__ IN STRUCTIONS/ Addictions __ **
 * __ Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, Soft Addictions __** **As a group you are responsible for creating your own Wiki covering the topics assigned. You may attach files, articles, videos, pictures and/or word document** **Be prepared to give your reports orally to the class using your Wiki.** **Included in your report should be a description of the addiction, who it affects, prevalence and treatment.** **How to use the wiki page**
 * 1) **To enter content on this page, click the EDIT tab located on the top, right side of the page.**
 * 2) **Enter the information and click Save to save changes.**
 * You can upload files or create links to external #|website or to a page in the wiki.**
 * 1) **To upload a file or an image, click the Fileicon on the tool bar, upload the file.**
 * 2) **Click the Link icon to enter a link to a url or link to a page in the wiki.**