Drs Opinion of Difference Between Physical and Psychological Dependence?
Question by Laura: drs opinion of difference between physical and psychological dependence?
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Answer by Honor
Physical dependence is where your body actually requires whatever drug to function properly whereas psychological dependence is where your body actually doesn’t need it to function but your brain has convinced itself it does.
This difference is important especially in terms of detox of drug addicts because if there is a physical addiction, death can occur if a user tries to quit “cold turkey” (giving his or her body no time to adjust functioning without the drug). Heroin is a common example of a drug that is both physically and psychologically addicting.
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