Adolescent mental health : Describe key characteristics of addiction and how they are used in diagnosis

Adolescent mental health.

•Describe key characteristics of addiction and how they are used in diagnosis .

•Describe the mesolimbic and mesocortical dopamine systems and their role in reward and addiction.Describe the biomedical incentive sensitisation theory of addiction .

•Discuss the biological, psychological and social risk factors that are associated with developing an addiction .

•Outline key approaches to managing addiction, including the evidence base for management .