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Sadbhavna Psychotherapy Protocol for the Disease of Substance Addiction : A Preliminary Communication


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1 Sadbhavna Centre for Addiction Medicine & MHR, Raikot, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
 

Different people use substances for different reasons. It becomes 'Abuse' when people:

1. Either use legal substances inappropriately

2. Or use illegal substances.

3. Or use prescription drugs in ways other than prescribed.

This includes the repeated use to produce pleasure, alleviate stress, or to escape reality. Addiction occurs when a person cannot control the impulse to use substances even after harmful effects.


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Madhu Meeta Banerjee
Sadbhavna Centre for Addiction Medicine & MHR, Raikot, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


Different people use substances for different reasons. It becomes 'Abuse' when people:

1. Either use legal substances inappropriately

2. Or use illegal substances.

3. Or use prescription drugs in ways other than prescribed.

This includes the repeated use to produce pleasure, alleviate stress, or to escape reality. Addiction occurs when a person cannot control the impulse to use substances even after harmful effects.