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23 Cards in this Set
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Addiction |
Obsession, compulsion, or loss of control with respect to a use of a drug with genetic, environmental, and psycho-social factors |
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Intoxication |
Maladaptive behavior or psychosocial changes caused by excessive use of alcohol or drugs |
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Tolerance |
Needing increased amounts of a substance in order to receive that desired result to become intoxicated
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Withdrawl |
Negative physiological and psychological reactions that occur when a drug taken for a long period is reduced in dosage or no longer taken |
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Who has the highest prevalence of using alcohol or alcohol abuse? |
Native American and Alaskan Natives |
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Limbic System |
Responsible for urge associated with addiction= pleasure principle |
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What part of the brain remembers pleasure experiences? |
amygdala and hippocampus |
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Substance abuse causes an increase in what neurotransmitter? |
Dopamine |
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CAGE |
Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye Opener |
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CAGE-AID |
Same as cage but used for other substances other than just alcohol |
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Codependence |
cluster of behaviors involving the families of patients in which the members do for others things that they could well do for themselves |
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Detoxification |
Acute care, given to people that are experiences signs of withdrawal after discontinuing a substance |
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Rehabilitation |
Short term, offers professionally directed evaluation and treatment for those with acute distress and moderate impairment |
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Halfway Houses |
Offer residential treatment in a substance-free communal or family environment that provides opportunity for independent growth |
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Partial Hospitalization |
intensive form of outpatient programming for those individuals who do not need 24 hour residential programming but who benefit from a combinatinon of multidisciplinary treatment atleast 3 days a week for atleast 10 hours per week |
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Intensive Outpatient Treatment |
Non residential program with atleast one individual session per week, meds may be given but not monitored, attend atleast 3 days a week between 5-10 hours per week |
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FRAMES |
Used for brief interventions, Feedback Responsibility Advice to change Menu of treatment Empathetic Communication Self Efficacy |
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Clonidine |
Alpha 2 Agonist, reduces "fight or flight" Used with heroin withdrawal |
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Disulfiram |
Used for alcohol withdrawal |
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Methadone |
Used for detoxification maintenence, stimulates opioid affect *Controversial because it can become addictive as well* |
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Buprenorphine |
Decreases withdrawal symptoms, partial agonist |
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Naloxone |
Decreases cravings, Antagonist |
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