Addiction or Disease? Should we reconsider addiction as a disease?
by Meredith Munsell
1. Social
1.1. To fit in
1.2. Peer Pressure
1.3. Experimental/Curiosity
1.4. Boredom
1.5. To Feel Good
1.6. To aid in performance (mental and/ or physical)
2. Drugs and Mental Illness
2.1. Types of Mental Illnesses
2.1.1. Personality Disorders
2.1.2. Eating Disorders
2.1.3. Schizophrenia
2.1.4. Bipolar
2.1.5. Depression
2.1.6. Anxiety
2.2. Taking drugs at a young age and how it affects development
3. Family Enviroment
3.1. Parental/Relative influences
3.1.1. Kids see mum,dad,uncle etc do drugs and think its ok
3.2. Physical/Mental/Sexual abuse which leads to drug abuse
4. Define the word "Drug"
4.1. Define Addiction
4.2. Define Disease
4.2.1. Explore the definitions of each word
4.3. Define Drug Addiction
5. Prescription Drugs
5.1. Injuries
5.1.1. Unable to stop once recovered from injury and becomes addicted
5.2. If a Dr gave this to me, it must be ok
5.2.1. Dr's not properly monitoring patients on addictive medications which leads to addiciton
6. Is drug addiction a choice?
6.1. Is taking drugs a choice?
6.2. Why do some people get addicted to drugs but some don't?
7. What are the different types of addiction
7.1. Drug
7.2. Alcohol
7.3. Smoking
7.4. Food
7.5. Shopping
7.5.1. Can these addictions all be identified as a disease?