HOW DO YOU KNOW
YOU ARE NOT ADICTIVE?
ADDICTONS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST UNDERLYING PROBLEMS IN THE US
2
People in the US are
addictive to something
262
Is the number of victims
of addictions since 2015
10%
Are being treat at
the moment
600
Is the cost for the US
economy to treat only
substance abuses per year
Chemical Addiction is the medical term used to describe a pattern of abusing of a substance (drug) that causes significant problems or distress. This may be missing work or school, using the substance in dangerous situations, such as driving a car. Substance abuse is a recognized medical brain disorder.
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Americans suffer from chemical addiction
1. Using or drinking larger amounts or over longer periods of time than planned.
2. Spending a lot of time getting, using, or recovering from use of the drug.
3. Developing tolerance or the need to use more drugs to get the same effect
4. Continually using drugs or alcohol even though it is causing or adding to physical or psychological problems
Therapy
Support Groups
Residential Treatment
Medication
Also known as non-substance addictions or addictive behaviors, behavioral addictions is the medical terms to the addiction to action or set of actions that creates some calming feelings, or even euphoria, in the user. To this day, Gambling addiction is the only non-substance addiction in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Americans suffer from chemical addiction
1. Missing work/school or significant events
2. Irritability when action can’t be engaged in
3. Guilt and shame
4. Lack of self-care
5. Loss of interest in anything else
6. Denial
7. Sleep disturbances
8. Fighting with friends and family
Talk Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Support Groups
Mental Health Professionals
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Just to close this, I want to thank you for making it up all the way here. It was a lot
of noice to take :). I hope you enjoyed it.
This is a student project made by Teo Iastrebner for GR350: Visual Systems 1 with
John Nettleton on Fall 2020, at the Academy of Arts University.