Smoking and Mental Health

Smoking and Mental HealthPresenter: Joey, Serena, Daisy, Tracy

The cause of smoking-by Joey

Nicotine Addiction Cigarettes contain nicotine - a highly addictive drug that makes people feel energized and alert. Smokers always get a rush and feel content after a cigarette.

How it works? nicotine stimulates the brain to release dopamine,which is associated with pleasurable feelings ,and smokers quickly develop regular smoking patterns. Eventually,smokers need increasing levels of nicotine to feel 'normal". 'normal".

As the nicotine content in their blood drops below a certain level,they begin to crave a cigarette.And this craving cigarette.And makes the smoker feel 'stressed' until the craving is relieved. the relief felt when this craving is finally satisfied is the feeling that smokers commonly mistake as 'relaxing'. 'relaxing'.

Psychological dependencyMany people smoke because they think it helps them relax and cope with difficult situations, or because it gives them confidence. Others smoke when they’re feeling bored or lonely

Smoking produces a feeling of satisfaction that's difficult to give up. Finally, people who smoke are usually in denial – they know that smoking is bad, but they convince themselves it's simply "not as terrible as they make it sound."

As for teenagers: Many teenagers start smoking due to peer pressure. They may also smoke to feel more mature or as a form of rebellion against parental authority. It has been proved that children are also more likely to smoke if their parents do. So smoking can also be an imitation of adult behavior.

People have many other personal reasons for smoking. Smokers may: use smoking as a support for when things go wrong enjoy smoking with others as a shared activity use smoking to start conversations and meet new people smoke to make themselves look more confident and in control think that cigarettes help them to keep their weight down smoke when they need a break or a moment to themselves

Effects on Smokers and Others

Serena

Overall smoking prevalence(普遍程度) 普遍程度) among psychiatric(精神病的) patients is 精神病的) two or three times higher than among the general population

Ranging from 40-50% among people with depression(忧郁症) 忧郁症) and anxiety(焦虑症) disorders 焦虑症) 70% or higher among patients with schizophrenia(人格分 裂症) 裂症). 90% of individuals with mental illness being nicotine(尼古丁) 尼古丁) dependent.

Smoking and StressRelieve feelings of anxiety and stress??? However, the fact is that: The feeling of relaxation it does not reduce is temporary and soon anxiety or deal with the gives way to withdrawal underlying(根本的) 根本的) symptoms(戒断症状) 戒断症状) causes

Depression

Levels of dopamine(多巴胺) 多巴胺) 多巴胺 are often low in people with de

pression(抑郁症) 抑郁症) 抑郁症 Use cigarettes as a way of temporarily increasing their dopamine supply. Smoking affects the brain’s own mechanism for making dopamine The supply↓—Smoke↑

SchizophreniaSmoking rates among people with schizophrenia(人格分裂症) are significantly 人格分裂症) higher than the general population, with estimates ranging from 58% to 88%.