ADDICTION PSYCHOLOGY

Program Summary

Addiction is an individual phenomenon that affects the individual, indicating the low self-concept of the addict, and the result of the association of the substance with the individual, and its use leads to psychological or physical addiction.

- Psychological addiction: it is an imaginary feeling of relief when using the drug, and a desire to repeat substance abuse occurs to satisfy the addict's desires, but the desire for repetition is not compulsive during which the individual deals with the drug in a sporadic manner whenever the substance becomes available quickly turns into regularity of use and is one of the criteria Physical addiction.

- Physical addiction: it is the repeated use of the substance, which is accompanied by an unrestrained desire to obtain the drug, and in case of sudden discontinuation of the substance, the addict will experience serious withdrawal symptoms (organic and psychological).