Do you wonder if you have a drug addiction or suffer from substance abuse? When is "one more drink" one too many? Is yours an alcoholic family? What is the difference between substance abuse and addiction? This chemical dependence self-help video describes how chemical dependence starts and how the substance abuse cycle continues.
This mental health video focuses on the enormous problem. The words chemical dependence, substance abuse, and drug abuse are really just different names dealing with the same syndrome. The devastation for the individual sufferer, the family, and society that results from this problem was the motivation for making this mental health video.
This mental health video, just like the other educational mental health videos in this series, has been designed to appeal to individual clients or families, in this case suffering from drug addiction or alcoholism, as well as the mental health clinician in the field who is interested in learning more about substance abuse and how to treat it effectively.