A "Don't Stay Addictive, Stay Alive, Fight Addiction" conference was held within the scope of Ege University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Landscape Architecture Community Service Practices - Social Responsibility Project.
Prof. Dr. Zeki Yüncü: “After substance addiction begins and is consumed, we need to know that it is a neurobiological disease.” said.Ege University Vaccine Development, Application and Research Central Executive Board Leader Prof. Dr. The conference moderated by Adnan Yüksel Gürüz; Psychiatry Specialist Prof. Dr. Zeki Yüncü, İzmir City Board Addiction Effort Leader Burcu Bostancıoğlu and İzmir Social Drug Effort and Education Association Leader Bedri Yalçın took part as speakers. Making the opening speech of the conference, EU Faculty of Agriculture Department of Landscape Architecture faculty member Prof. Dr. Bahriye Gülgün said, “We are carrying out this project within the scope of the 'Community Service Applications' course. We tried to do our part to combat the addiction problem that we may encounter not only in our country but all over the world. "I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the realization of the conference, especially the Izmir City Council and the Izmir Community Drug Enforcement Education Association, and I wish it to be a suitable conference," he said.
“Substance addiction is a neurobiological disease”
Psychiatrist Prof. emphasizes that substance addiction is a disease. Dr. Zeki Yüncü said, “After substance addiction begins and is consumed, we need to know that it is a neurobiological disease. Following the use of substances, certain changes occur in people's emotional state. "After this change in emotional state, people want to experience these changes again, and while experiencing them again, they fall into the cycle of addiction," he said. Providing information about how addiction occurs, Prof. Dr. Zeki Yüncü “The brain has points of connection with each other. Neurotransmitters are released to those contact points. The release of these neurotransmitters also triggers the pleasure system, and with the triggering of the pleasure system, the search for pleasure begins. "The person tries to use these to feel better and more satisfied," he said. Event, Izmir City Board Addiction Effort Leader Burcu
It ended after the presentations made by Bostancıoğlu and Bedri Yalçın, President of İzmir Social Drug Enforcement and Education Association, on addiction.