Definitions
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is Addiction?
According to this theory, addiction is a primary medical disorder, a progressive illness, a chronic illness, and potentially fatal.
What is the brain disease model?
This schedule of drugs, substances, or chemicals have a medical use, but also carry a high potential for abuse, with use potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence, including hydrocodone (Vicodin), cocaine, methamphetamine, methadone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin), fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, Ritalin
What are Schedule II drugs?
This act established mandatory minimum sentences for possession of specific amounts of drugs. It also established a 100-to-1 disparity between distribution of powder and crack cocaine.
What is the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986?
When the body requires a specific dose of a particular drug, such as a prescription opioid, in order to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
What is dependence?
These theories have generally been less successful in treating addictive disorders as their non-directive approach may not be as useful
What are psychoanalytic or psychodynamic theories?
This step in the 12-step model asks people in recovery to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself.
What is the fourth step?
This class of drugs includes psilocybin, PCP, peyote, DMT, ayahuasca, LSD, marijuanan and mescaline.
What are hallucinogens or psychedelics?
This is a repetitive action motivated by avoidance of unpleasant stimuli, such as withdrawal symptoms
What is negative reinforcement?
A state in which a drug produces a diminishing biological or behavioral response; in other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
What is Tolerance?
This model holds the perspective that addiction is a personal choice and an unethical act.
A slip from recovery where the patient returns back to their old habit or addictive behavior
What is relapse?
Cocaine and methamphetamine primarily increase this particular neurotransmitter in the brain.
What is dopamine?
All of the following are used to screen for alcohol use, EXCEPT: AUDIT, CES-D, CAGE, SBIRT or CRAFT.
What is CES-D?
These thoughts, feelings, events or experiences can instigate the process of relapse. Under 12-step terminologies, these are referred to as persons, places, and things.
What is a trigger?
According to this theory, people repeat actions that bring pleasure or positive reinforcement.
What is cognitive-behavioral theory?
This racial/ethnic group has the strongest association between alcohol use and suicide in the general U.S. population
Who are Native Americans?
Along with benzodiazepines, this class of drugs primarily works on GABA receptors.
What is alcohol?
The generic form of Narcan is known as this.
What is Naloxone?
Pertaining to addiction, it is generally an inpatient, medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances. Usually lasts about 7 days.
What is Medical Detox?
These types of theories assume that characteristics or traits predispose an individual to alcohol/drug use
What are personality theories?
People with eating disorders may experience a growth of this downy layer of hair, all over the body, including the face, in an effort to keep the body warm.
What is lanugo?
Along with methadone, this drug is used as for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), as a replacement therapy for opioid use disorder.
What is buprenorphine?
The majority of incarceration of people on probation and parole are for this type of "offense."