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Symptoms include unconsciousness, clamminess, bluish skin, difficulty breathing, vomiting without waking up.
What are symptoms of alcohol poisoning?
This is drinking (or other substance use) done before "going out" to events where mores substances will be ingested.
What is "pre-gaming"?
The term for consuming for consuming 5+ alcoholic drinks (male) or 4+ alcoholic drinks (female) in one sitting.
What is binge drinking?
These are the 3 factors that affect one's blood alcohol content/level (BAC).
What is time, gender, and weight?
This is information you want to gather prior to starting AOD treatment.
What is a complete AOD history (including when they started to use, which drugs have been used), progression of AOD use, and current use (including frequency, duration, environments, triggers, & how affects emotionally, cognitively, and physically?
These are the two "Ms" that marijuana directly affects, which often causes academic decline.
What are memory and motivation?
A stimulant that is popular among college students for increasing academic performance and/or weight loss
This is when higher quantities of a substance is needed to achieve the same effects.
What is tolerance?
_______ tend to have fewer alcohol related risk factors and problems, especially if they don't drink much.
What are women?
These are some ways to assess insight into AOD use.
What are: positive & negative effects of use, affects interpersonally, is use a problem, what changes would they like to see regarding use, & scaling question of motivation to change?
These are 3 factors that can explain why some people are more prone to addiction.
What are biology/genetics, environment, and development?
This is the amount of time it can take a brain to return to "normal" after imbibing in cannabis.
What is up to 3 weeks?
This is the most common side effect of caffeine withdrawal.
What are headaches?
This is the average percentage in which a woman's blood alcohol content (BAC) will be different from a man's if they drink the same amount of alcohol.
What is 30% higher.
What DARN stands for.
What is Desire to change, Ability to make changes, Reasons why change is important, and Need to change?
These are the 2 categories that marijuana belongs in.
What are depressants and hallucinogens?
The most widely-used date rape drug.
What is alcohol?
What are some of the negative side effects of marijuana use?
These are unique obstacles that face women regarding substance use treatment.
What are not having adequate childcare, affects of substance use often different than with men, and being prescribed treatments not adequately tested on women
These are indicators that the person may need a higher level of care.
What are: if person needs detox (alc, heavy use other drugs, potential for medical issues), if person has longstanding use history, if person is has significant MH issues (risk factors), if person need more consistent medication management? Essentially anything above 0.5 or 1 for treatment level.
This is the treatment model SCPS uses when treating AOD issues.
What is harm reduction?
This is the second most widely used drug across all genders, ages, and races.
What is nicotine?
These are some of the reasons drinking games can be so dangerous.
What is drinking more than planned, alcohol poisoning, others deciding how much you drink, black-outs/brown-outs, etc
What are anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and borderline personality disorder?
These are important things to keep in mind when working with college students who want to reduce substance use.
What are: need to realign perspective (everyone is not using), help find sober support, and need to focus on what was substance doing b/c that needs to be replaced?