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after-care |
continued follow-up and therapy after discharge, especially from chemical dependency treatment or psychiatric hospitalization |
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agonist therapy |
drug therapy that uses specific agents to occupy opioid receptors, blocking the opioid effects |
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CIWA (clinical Institute Withdrawal for Alcohol |
scale systematically itemizes and quantifies the most common alcohol withdrawal symptoms and allows healthcare staff to determine if medications are needed |
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alcohol hallucinosis |
vivid and terrifying auditory, visual, and tactile hallucinations a person may experience during alcohol withdrawal |
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aversion therapy |
a psychological treatment that uses adverse conditioning to prevent a person from repeating bad or destructive behaviors |
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blackout |
temporary loss of vision and consciousness due to lack of blood supply to the brain and retina; sometimes refers to fainting |
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cirrhosis |
chronic inflammation and degeneration of a organ, especially cirrhosis of the liver |
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codependant |
in substance abuse, one who has let the abuser's behavior affect him or her and is now obsessed with controlling the abuser's behavior; may also be used to refer to an alcoholic or chemically dependent person who is living with another person who is also an abuser of drugs or alcohol |
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detoxification |
process of removing a toxin |
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enabler |
a person who covers and often unknowingly, assist another to continue chemical abuse, codependent |
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wernicke-korsakoff syndrome |
thiamine deficiency, symptoms are dementia, diplopia (double vision), ataxia somnolence (extreme sleepiness) etc |
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unmanaged alcohol withdrawal stages (3) (when was last drink taken) |
stage 1- autonomic hyperactivity: tremors, anxiety, insomnia, vivid nightmares, irritability, diaphoresis, flushed face (12-18 hours) stage 2- neuronal excitation: severe tremors (internal/external), panic, insomnia, increased agitation. extremely high risk of suicide (24-36 hours) stage 3- sensory-perceptual disturbances: death from seizure or exhaustion, vivid hallucinations, profound confusion, paranoid, "this stage is a medical emergency" (3-4 days) |
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Delirium tremens (DTs) |
vital signs can be very high. symptoms are delusions and vivid and terrifying auditory, visual and tactile hallucinations. often retains consciousness. |
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huffing |
inhalation of volatile substances to provide intoxication and to alter consciousness |
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macropsia |
objects appearing larger than normal |
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macrosomia |
condition in which a newborn is born large for gestational age; may also refer to an oversized fetus |
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polysubstance abuse |
abuse of two or more substances |
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refeeding syndrome |
illness that results when a starving person receives carbohydrates too quickly, overstimulating insulin production and seriously upsetting electrolyte balance; can be fatal |
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remission |
indicated by absence of all signs of a disease such as remission of cancer. does not prove a cure of the disease |
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substance abuse |
a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment of distress |
