Addiction Terms
Drug Categories
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Substance Use
100

The condition of being physically and mentally dependent on a substance.

What is Addiction?

100

Vicodin, Oxycontin, Heroin, Codeine

What are opioids?

100

These are the symptoms of which addiction?

 1) Feel the need to be secretive about gambling.

  2) Have trouble controlling gambling.

  3) Gamble even when you do not have the money.

  4) Family and friends are worried about you.

Gambling Disorder / Pathological gambling

100

When the body requires a specific dose of a particular drug, such as a prescription opioid, in order to prevent withdrawal symptoms

Physical Dependence

200

A gradual using more of the product to achieve the same effect as the first use.

What is Tolerance?

200

Caffeine, Nicotine, Cocaine, Amphetamines

What are Stimulants?

200

This racial/ethnic group in the United States has the highest rates of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogen use disorders

American Indian/Alaska Native

200

When drug or alcohol use is paired with cues, such as money, paraphernalia, particular places, people, time of day, emotions places, people, time of day, emotions (peoples, places and things in 12-step programs)

What is classical conditioning?

300

A medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of substances

What is Medical Detox?

300
Valium, Ativan, Klonopin

What are benzodiazepines?

300

Characterized by excessive weight loss; Self-starvation; Preoccupation with foods, progressing restrictions against whole categories of food

Mean age at onset is 17 years; Affects about 1% of all females in late adolescence and early adulthood

Anorexia

300

Process in which one person observes the behavior of another person and subsequently copies the behavior

Modeling

400

Aimed at reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use

What is harm reduction?

400

Psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, marijuana, ketamine

What are Hallucinogens or Psychedlics?

400

Drugs like alcohol and benzodiazepines primarily increase the effects of this neurotransmitter

What is GABA?

400

Repetitive action motivated by avoidance of unpleasant stimuli (such as withdrawal syndrome) 

What is negative reinforcement?

500

A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.

What is a trigger?

500

Toluene, plastic cement, paint, gasoline, paint thinners, hair sprays, poppers, nitrous oxide

What are inhalants?

500

Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior in order to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications; fasting; or excessive exercise.

Bulimia

500

This theory posits that sexual and gender minorities are at increased risk for mental health disorders due to the psychosocial stress resulting from experiences of stigmatization and discrimination

Meyer's Minority Stress Theory

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