The Brain
Your brain and spinal cord make up this system
What is the central nervous system?
Chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.
What is Addiction?
Most common addiction among celebrities.
What is Alcohol?
Controls basic functions critical to life, such as heart rate, breathing, and sleeping
What is the brain stem?
TRUE OR FALSE: Is addiction considered a brain disease?
What is TRUE?
It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain - they change its structure and how it works.
Most common DRUG addiction among celebrities.
The outer layer of your brain that controls higher-level functions such as thinking, language and emotion
What is..to feel good, to feel better, to do better, and curiosity and "because others are doing it."
"Rocket man"
Who is Elton John?
contains the brain's reward circuit
What is the limbic system?
TRUE OR FALSE: Continued drug use is a voluntary behavior.
What is FALSE?
Initial decision to use drugs is typically voluntary. HOWEVER, with continued use, a person's ability to exert self-control can become seriously impaired.
Chandler from Friends
The 4 different lobes of the brain
TRUE OR FALSE: Adolescents and people with mental disorders are at greater risk of drug use and addiction than the general population.
What is TRUE?
Iron Man
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?