“The Psychopathological Craving”: Cross-cutting through thePsychosocial Aftermath of the De-Addiction Process
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
The pangs of an addiction often lead to fatal life outcomes. Its gradual transition from a regular behaviour, habituation to unavoidable craving and obsessive addiction reflects how a certain thing or aspect can become an inseparable entity of man’s life. Addiction towards something can breach the thin borders between the triad of use, misuse and abuse. Although the former can have certain positive impact, however misuse or abuse of something is bound to lead to unfathomable physical, psychological, personal as well as societal level drudgery and despair. Severe addiction also has been reported to be one of the most significant contributors of crime, harming behaviour, suicide or eventual death. The de-addiction process comes as a ray of hope to fight against addiction and overcome the odds. However, the de-addiction process has to be administered under professional supervision and extreme care. The present clinical presentations reflect two case studies depicting both the affirmative as well as flip sides of the de-addiction process. The two cases stand as strong guidelines of practice, ethics and how de-addiction can have both positive and lethal outcomes depending on the management modalities and psychosocial support.Since time immemorial, the practice of intoxicating oneself has been a prevalent practice across different latitudes and longitudes of the world. Whether it is due to being a part of a lavish party or a mode of overcoming pain or stress; whether due to peer pressure or a traditional customary, the entire world has been a witness to alcohol use, habituation, dependence as well as abuse since ages and decades. In medical terms, the pathological use of alcohol leading to adverse effects has been considered as “Alcohol Use Disorder”. Litterell and Jill [1] opine that Alcohol Use Disorder is denotes any drinking of alcohol that leads to serious physical and mental health problems. In layman terms, alcohol use disorder is often referred to Alcoholism. It was previously divided into Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence [2]. In a comparison documented between the Diagnostic Statistical Manual i.e. the DSM-IV and V editions [3], the psychopathology of alcohol use disorder has been comprehensively defined. It states that, [4] “alcoholism is said to exist when two or more of the following conditions is present: a person drinks large amounts over a long time period, has difficulty cutting down, acquiring and drinking alcohol takes up a great deal of time, alcohol is strongly desired, usage results in not fulfilling responsibilities, usage results in social problems, usage results in health problems, usage results in risky situations, withdrawal occurs when stopping, and alcohol tolerance has occurred with use.”
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Sareeta Behera, Shiva Raman Pandey
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- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000289
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