Seeking help for addiction

This lesson explores where people with an addiction can go to seek help.

Seeking help for addiction

This lesson explores where people with an addiction can go to seek help.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. How and where to seek help for addiction

Content guidance

  • Contains distressing content.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended.

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5 Questions

Q1.
When someone uses drugs repeatedly, their brain ___________.
Becomes smaller than before.
Correct answer: Becomes trained to crave the drug.
Is not changed.
Q2.
After a prolonged period of drug abuse, the brain______________
Experiences increasing amounts of dopamine.
Correct answer: Needs less drug to get the same effect.
Needs more drug to get the same effect.
Others
Q3.
Addiction can begin when a person uses drugs, but addiction is more than just using a lot of drugs.
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
Addiction most often gets worse over time.
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
Drugs of abuse create intense feelings because they _______________________
Correct answer: Cause a rise in dopamine in the limbic system.
Depress the nervous system.
Shut off receptors in the occipital lobe.

5 Questions

Q1.
Addiction can be managed with treatment.
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
What is the name of the substitute drug someone with a heroin addiction might be offered?
Co-codamol
Diamorphine
Correct answer: Methadone
Morphine
Q3.
Where should someone seek help first for an addiction?
Family
Go straight to rehab
Correct answer: GP
Q4.
What are the physical dangers of a chemical addiction?
Correct answer: All of the above
Death
Injury, both accidental and self-inflicted
Overdoes
Withdrawal symptoms
Q5.
Do all all excessive drinkers have alcohol dependency disorders?
Correct answer: No
Yes

Lesson appears in

UnitRSHE (PSHE) / Drugs and alcohol: Addiction and alcohol dependency

RSHE (PSHE)