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18 Cards in this Set
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Addiction
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A persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance, including mood-altering behaviors or activities, despite ongoing negative consequences.
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Substance Addiction
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Dependance to a specific substance
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Process Addiction
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Dependence on a behavior
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What are the four common symptoms of addiction?
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Compulsion, loss of control, negative consequences, and denial.
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Habit
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A repeated behavior in which the repetition may be unconscious
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Compulsion
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A preoccupation with a behavior and an overwhelming need to perform it; it also involves experiencing discomfort if the behavior is not preformed.
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Codependence
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When a person becomes bound or "addicted to the addict"
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What are the four factors that operate addiction?
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Psychological factors, biological or disease influences, environmental influences, and social aspects.
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Social Learning Theory
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Proposes that people learn behaviors by watching role models.
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Intervention
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A planned process of confronting the addict by people who are important to the addict, including his or her spouse, family members, boss and friends.
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Detoxification
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The early abstinence period during which the addict adjusts physically and cognitively to being free from the addicting substance or behavior.
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Physiological Dependence
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Adaptive state that occurs with regular addictive behavior and results in withdrawal syndrome. Only one indicator of addiction.
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Enablers
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People who knowingly or unknowingly protect addicts from the natural consequences of their behavior.
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How does addiction develop?
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When a person repeatedly seeks the illusion of relief to avoid unpleasant feelings or situation, which leads them to become increasingly dependent on the addictive behavior.
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Tolerance
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Phenomenon in which progressively larger doses of a drug or more intense involvement in an experiences are needed to obtain the desired effects.
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Withdrawal
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When the drug or activity that is addicted to, replaces or causes an effect on the body should normally provide on its on.
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Biopsychosocial Model of Addiction
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Proposes that the addiction is caused by a variety of factors operating together.
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What are the components of an intervention?
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1. Emphasizing care and concern for the addicted person
2. Describing the behavior that is the cause for concern 3. Expressing how the behavior affects the addict 4. Outlining specifically what you would like to see happen |
