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The Coordinatorship Against Addictions held the event titled "Alcohol Addiction and Treatment Approaches".

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The Coordinatorship Against Addictions held the event titled "Alcohol Addiction and Treatment Approaches".


The Coordinatorship Against Addictions held the event titled "Alcohol Addiction and Treatment Approaches".


In her speech, ELKİN said that addictions are an important public health problem due to their frequent occurrence, the diseases and functional disorders caused, shortening the life expectancy and decreasing the quality, costly treatment and most importantly, preventable. Addiction in general; He stated that it is a concept that expresses the predisposition of the individual to various types of behavior that are defined outside of the norm and may cause harmful consequences, and that alcohol addiction is a psychiatric health problem characterized by high alcohol intake, which is uncontrolled, automatic and coercive, which is included in substance use disorders. When we look at the epidemiology of alcohol addiction, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 report, more than 3 million people lost their lives as a result of alcohol addiction.and emphasized that more than three-quarters of these deaths were in men, and that alcohol dependence accounted for more than 5% of the global burden of disease.
Before inviting speaker Assoc. Dr. Neslihan AKKİŞİ KUMSAR to the podium, ELKİN shared her short curriculum vitae with the speakers.
Assoc. Dr. Neslihan AKKİŞİ KUMSAR in her speech; definition of addiction, risk factors in addiction, concepts of addiction and abuse, diagnostic criteria in addiction within the scope of DSM 5 substance use disorders; He talked about abstinence, tolerance, impulsivity, developmental stages of addiction, addiction cycle, neurochemical characteristics of addiction, who is seen with addiction, and stated that addiction is a biochemical disease and anyone can become addicted.
In her speech, AKKİŞİ KUMSAR talked about treatment methods, the importance of family support in this process, and the use of psychotherapy, drug therapy and rehabilitation services together in treatment. In the effectiveness of the treatment; stated that the duration of treatment is very important and that it depends on the problems and needs of the patient during this process.
The event ended with Neslihan AKKİŞİ KUMSAR giving a plaque by the Dean of SBF Rıfat MUTUŞ.


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