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ADDICTIONS
Addictions are included in mental illnesses.
All addictions have in common certain characteristics:
- DEPENDENCE: the lack of substance use causes physical or psychological discomfort that pushes the individual to resume its consumption.
- TOLERANCE: the need to increase its consumption to feel an effect.
- THE CRAVING: term meaning the irrepressible urge to consume.
- INCAPACITY to stop despite the will to stop.
- CONSEQUENCES on the physical or mental health of the individual, his entourage, the professional or judicial relational consequences.
There are many types of addictions with or without product. In recent years, new psycho-behavioral techniques have been developed to help these patients.
SMOKING CESSATION
Smoking is a powerful addiction. Tobacco is a drug that is complicated by many physical diseases such as myocardial infarction, respiratory failure or cancer.
Solutions exist to help you in the tobacco cessation and increase your chances of success.
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
The dependence has the alcohol is very common. Chronic alcohol consumption causes major risks to the liver and nervous system. For medical reasons, cold turkey and not monitored medically dangerous. With the help of your doctor, take stock of your consumption and the solutions that exist to help.
ADDICTION TO DRUGS
Many substances can lead to addiction. Cannabis and cannabinoids ("Nice Guy"), cocaine, heroine l but also party drugs (MDMA, LSD, mushrooms ...) can lead to addictive behaviors life and numerous physical complications, mental and social. For each type of addiction solutions exist to help and relieve the patient.
BEHAVIOURAL ADDICTIONS
The addiction phenomenon auss can express themselves without substance. For example, sex, videos games, silver games can lead to an addiction. A support adapted can help the patient get out of this spiral.