Question

?a person has been taking a drug regularly for an extended period and cannot seem to stop. however, she is taking the same dosage as when she began and experiences the same effects. these circumstances indicate that she ____.

Answer 1

In the following circumstances, it indicates that she is psychologically dependent on the drug that she has been consumed regularly. Psychological dependence arises in an individual when the person is dependent on a particular thing and it involves an emotional motivation, having to stop with a particular thing that he or she is already dependent on or used to would likely cause a person to feel uneasy or to feel dissatisfied, and because of it, the person would likely go on with the particular thing and continue to engage in such behavior for the person feels that the particular thing is needed and without it, he or she will feel uneasy. It is related in the given scenario above as the person does not seem to stop and takes it regularly the same dosage as she begun because she already exhibits psychological dependence.