DRUG BEHAVIORAL COMPULSIONS: Discussion & Patient interviews describing compulsive behaviors and addiction. A fast paced, image rich video that examines the biological and environmental causes of addiction as well as the conflict between old brain cravings and new brain reasoning. Legal substances like alcohol, tobacco, and prescription medications are addressed along with illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. The video also explores compulsive eating disorders, obsessive sexual activity, and habitual gambling. Using illustrations from medical science along with real-world dialogue from individual users, Roots of Addiction demonstrates that any addiction is an inherited, learned, and practiced set of behaviors, which can be treated and prevented. Drug & Behavioral Compulsions: This video examines the biological and environmental reasons that people become addicted to substances such as legal drugs, e.g., alcohol, tobacco, and prescription medications; illegal drugs, e.g., cocaine, heroin, and marijuana; or behaviors such as eating disorders, compulsive sexual activity, and compulsive gambling. Through the use of animation, live action, and graphics, the conflict between old brain cravings and new brain reasoning, even down to the cellular level, is explored. The video shows that any addiction is an inherited, learned, and practiced set of behaviors which can be treated and prevented. The video also examines the relationships among addictions and related behaviors, including attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorders. Producer: AEGIS; Production Company: AEGIS; Keywords: drug addiction, substances abuse, alcoholism; Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs from www.archive.org.
