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Describing addiction:

physical and psychological dependence,

DSM for Gambling

 

tolerance and withdrawal syndrome

Presntation

Risk factors in the development of addiction

 

 

 

genetic vulnerability

 

 

stress

 

 

personality

 

 

family influences

 

 

peers

 

Explanations for nicotine addiction

 

 

 

brain neurochemistry including the role of dopamine

 

 

learning theory as applied to smoking behaviour including reference to cue reactivity

 

Explanations for gambling addiction

 

 

 

learning theory as applied to gambling

 

 

including reference to partial and variable reinforcement

 

 

cognitive theory as applied to gambling including reference to cognitive bias.

 

Reducing addiction

 

 

 

drug therapy

 

 

behavioural interventions including aversion therapy

 

 

and covert sensitisation

 

 

cognitive behaviour therapy

 

The application of the following theories of behaviour change to addictive behaviour

 

 

 

the theory of planned behaviour

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Prochaska’s six-stage model of behaviour change

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