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addiction |
overwhelming involvement with using a drug, in which the person feels a need to have it, develops a tolerance to it and has a strong tendency to resume use of it after stopping for a period |
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addictive personality |
the hypothesis that particular personality characteristics are common to all people with substance abuse disorders |
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craving |
a term that has been variously defined in reference to drug use; typically a strong or intense desire to use a drug
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cross-tolerance |
tolerance to a drug (or drugs) never taken, which results from proacted tolerance to another drug (or drugs
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dependence |
a strong compulsion or urge; in this case to continue taking a particular drug
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drug |
broadly defined as any chemical entity or mixture of entities not required for the maintenance of health but that alters biological function or structure when administered
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drug abuse |
any use of drugs that causes physical, psychological, legal, or social harm to the individual user or to others affected by the drug user's behaviour
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drug dosage |
a measure of the quantity of a drug consumed
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drug effects |
the action of a drug on the body
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drug expectancy |
a person's anticipation of or belief about what he or she will experience upon taking a drug
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initial sensitivity |
the effect of a drug on a first time user
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pharmacology |
the scientific study of drugs concerned with all information about the effects of drugs on living systems
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placebo |
a chemically inactive substance that is used in controlled research to study the effects or expectations or beliefs about a drug's effects
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polydrug use |
the same person's regular use of more than one drug
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psychoactive |
pertaining to effects on mood, thinking, and behavior |
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psychological set |
an individual's knowledge, attitudes, expectations, and other thoughts about an object or event, such as a drug
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psychopharmacology |
the subarea of pharmacology that is concerned with the effects of drugs on behaviour
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route of drug administration |
the way the drugs enter the body
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sensation seeking |
the need for varied, novel and complex sensations and experiences and the willingness to take physical and social risks for the sake of such experience
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syndrome |
in medicine, a number of symptoms that occur together and characterize a specific illness or disease
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tolerance |
generally, increased amounts of a drug needed to achieve intoxication, or a diminished drug effect with continued use of the same amount of a drug
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withdrawal |
a definable illness that occurs with a cessation or decrease in use of a drug |
