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Describe how psychologists have defined and explained substance abuse.
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Health Homework One Question 4 2003 (a) Describe how psychologists have defined and explained substance abuse. (b) Evaluate psychological explanations of substance abuse. (c) An island of people who have never seen a cigarette has been discovered. Suggest one technique that will help to prevent them from starting to smoke cigarettes. Give reasons for you answer (a) Psychologists have carefully defined the abuse of a substance to be that of the misuse of a substance which is psychologically and physiologically addictive. Rosenhan and Seligman defined it to be the clear existence or a pattern of pathological or heavy daily use with a strong inability to stop or decrease the use of a substance, and therefore becoming dependant upon the substance. The findings of Rosenhan and Seligman also showed that heightened problems developed as seen from a social aspect, for example losing friends, and also from an occupational point of view in terms of repeatedly losing jobs. In certain cases these problems...
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