Summary Chapter 1 - Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs ISBN: 9781516571925 - Addiction to experience

Extensive 9 -page notes from Chapter 1 - Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs 978-8 Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs examines how the pursuit of pleasure can lead to compulsion and loss of control, as well as positive approaches to achieving long-term happiness. It teaches students, clients, family, and friends whose lives may be impacted by addiction how to improve their quality of life and how to support them. This Chapter covers: The Broad Scope of Addiction Physical vs. psychological Dependency Behavioural Incentive sensation theory – Robinson and Berridge Addiction Addiction Drugs and Activities of choice Beacons of Compulsion Behavioural Excess and the Brain Society and the Deviant Carrier Who is Most at Risk Acquisition and Maintenance of Reward-Dependent Behaviors