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Is Drug addiction a mental illness?

Is Drug addiction a mental illness?. By: Gavriel Weiss. What is Mental illness?.

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Is Drug addiction a mental illness?

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  1. Is Drug addiction a mental illness? By: Gavriel Weiss

  2. What is Mental illness? • Defined as: Any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual's normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors. • According to The National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug addiction can disturb the brains hierarchy of needs, wants, and desires. • Does this fact necessarily mean that Drug Addiction is a Mental Illness?

  3. How is Drug addiction dealt with? • Most people with a mental illness get treatment from a physiatrist. • The first professional a drug addict usually comes into contact with is a police officer. • About 1 in 100 U.S Citizens are now confined in jail or prison. • 80% of these people abuse drugs or alcohol • 50% are clinically addicted • 95% of these people return to abusing drugs and alcohol when released from prison.

  4. The Revolving door • Most addicts, after prison time, return to habitual drug use. • Most addicts, after released from prison, reoffend and return to prison. • Breaking this “revolving door” is hard. Takes time and resources. • 20,000,000 people who could possibly benefit from drug addiction counseling and or rehab do not get treatment (In the U.S).

  5. Is drug addiction a mental illness? • The choice of abusing a known addicted drug. • Routes of falling into drug addiction. • Choice vs. “traditional” mental illness. • Bipolar • Schizophrenia • How do drug addicts differ from other persons with mental illness? • How does the criminality of drugs and the persecution of drug addicts affect treatment?

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