1. To explain addiction symptoms, features, incidence and influences

2. Starter
What do you already know about addiction?

3. What are the symptoms and features of addiction?
Learning outcome:
I can identify and describe the symptoms and features of addiction
What is addiction?
Your group has been given a worksheet on defining addiction
You are looking at whether the comment would be a suitable definition and writing comments to explain why/ why not and what is missing?

4. What are the symptoms and features of addiction?
Learning outcome:
I can identify and describe the symptoms and features of addiction
Draw what you perceive an addict to look like
Label the picture with what typical behaviours you would expect them to show

5. Addiction
Psychological problem where people feel they have to do something to avoid negative feelings
Can be addicted to smoking, gambling, alcohol
International Classification of Diseases version 10 (ICD-10) calls addiction a ‘dependence disorder’
People with addictions often have symptoms of withdrawal if they cannot have or do what they are addicted to
Withdrawal symptoms can make the person feel so bad that they believe they have to take or do the thing they are addicted to feel normal again

6. What are the symptoms and features of addiction?
Learning outcome:
I can identify and describe the symptoms and features of addiction
Discuss in your groups, list a few each until you have 10

7. What are the symptoms and features of addiction?
Learning outcome:
I can identify and describe the symptoms and features of addiction
Coffee
Gambling
Anger
Food
The Internet
6. Sexual addiction
7. Alcoholism
8. Drugs
9. Nicotine
10. Work

8. Symptoms
ICD-10 refers to addiction as a dependence disorder because the body depends on the substance in order to feel normal
You must have at least three of the symptoms at the same time for 1 month or for repeated occasions over a year

9. What are the symptoms and features of addiction?
Learning outcome:
I can identify and describe the symptoms and features of addiction
The ICD - 10 states 11 symptoms for substance dependence to be diagnosed.
What might these be?
Discuss with your groups and write them down on your whiteboards – write 2/3 each on your whiteboards
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10. What are the symptoms and features of addiction?
Learning outcome:
I can identify and describe the symptoms and features of addiction
1.Consuming larger amounts 2.Wanting to stop, but not being able to 3.Spending time 4.Cravings 5.Not managing to do the work you need to do 6.Continue to use, even when it’s causing problems
7.Giving up activities, due to addiction
8.Using even though it puts you in danger
9.Continue to use, even though you know a problem could be made worse
10.Becoming tolerant
11.Development of withdrawal symptoms
3 or more of these must occur in a year to be diagnosed as an addict

11. Symptoms Ignoring evidence that the substance is harmful
Need to take the substance
Stopping is difficult
Physical withdrawal symptoms such as shaking and sweating
Take an increasing amount of the substance over time
Replacing normal activities with the substance

12. Copy figure 3.5 and 3.6 from page 61-62

13. Features
In there were adults being treated for addiction
Most were addicted to drugs like heroin or alcohol
2 million people in the UK are suffering from some kind of addiction
ICD-10 doesn’t recognise internet addiction as it seems to be a new one
6% of the worlds population have an internet problem
UK study in 2014 found that 16% of the year olds admitted to using the internet for 15 hours a day

14. Incidences of addiction changed over time
The definition of addiction has changed
Addiction now includes the internet and video games
Addictions are rising in society
A report by the Centre for Social Justice 2006 suggested that many sources of addiction are becoming cheaper to access which could increase the use of them
27% of people in 2008 said that they had used an illegal substance and 31% said they had in 2014

15. How does addiction affect individuals and society?
Ignore family and friends
May stop going to work or school
May spend money that they don’t have
Quality of life could diminish
People may take time out of work – meaning this costs companies more money on cover staff
Cost on NHS (every year substance abuse costs the NHS £488 million)
Criminal behaviour increases