Celebs
This toxic singer shaved her head and has been in out of treatment for drugs an alcohol.
Britney Spears
Addiction is considered to be this type of chronic disease?
Brain
The first written record of drug use was from Egypt in 3500 BC. What substance was it?
Alcohol
The most common type of disorders world wide are what?
Anxiety disorders
The part of the brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control is largely impacted by addiction
Prefrontal Cortex
This king died on his throne from cardiac issues due to taking multiple substances.
Elvis Presley
What is the fastest addicting substance?
Nicotine
The father of psychology called this drug "a miracle drug" and often used it to treat alcoholism and morphine addiction.
Cocaine
What is the average age that people start showing signs of mental health?
14
This area of the brain is responsible for remembering and seeking things that feel good.
Pleasure Pathway
This female child actor was in rehab twice by the age of 13. She played a the little sister in a Spielberg movie about a lost alien.
Drew Barrymore
What illicit substance has receptors that it can connect to throughout the entire body?
Cannabis
In the 1800's crude opium was turned into morphine and addiction quickly raised with the invention of this medical tool.
hypodermic needle
What are 2 types of eating disorders?
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Binge eating disorder
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder
Cannabis use before the age of 12 increases the rates of a disorder known for an increased inability for the right and left hemisphere to communicate.
Schizophrenia
This famous singer was known to abuse heroin and cocaine, had a family history of suicide and died by suicide in 1994.
Kurt Cobain
What substances can have lethal withdrawal if not medically monitored?
Alcohol and BNZP
Neolithic people were know to use ____________; such as, betel nut and peyote.
Psychoactive/ hallucinogens
How many in 20 people have a chronic mental illness like schitzophrenia or bi-polar.
1
Korsakoff Syndrome causes severe memory loss and extreme difficulty forming new memories and hallucinations is also known as what?
Wet Brain
This Dutch post-impressionist painter was an alcoholic and had bouts of being held in mental institutions. He painted his most famous painting from his cell.
Vincent van Gogh
This theory questions how much addiction is influenced by science and/ or environment.
Nature vs Nurture
In 1910 this law was passed an impacted those who were deemed "feeble minded" and that included those with alcoholism and Addiction.
Forced Sterilization Laws
What group of disorders involve inflexible and distressing traits that often cause significant issues within relationships and societal standards.
Personality Disorders
Over time you build a tolerance as the brain lowers sensitivity to _______________.
Dopamine