Addiction facts
The _____ use of substances has no negative consequences. Hint: Remember the spectrum of use.
Use ---> Misuse ---> Addiction
Social or Recreational
Part of the brain that keeps us alive for the next 15 seconds
Midbrain or reptilian brain
Term for the capacity at which our brains are meant to experience pleasure. ___ ___ ___
Hint: Another term for "Pleasure Threshold"
the hedonic set point
Part of the brain devoted to incentives, also called the Pleasure Center.
Reward Center
This side of the debate suggesting people develop addictions due to their decisions making addiction a moral failing.
Choice
_____ is continuing to use a substance or engage in a behavior despite negative consequences
Addiction
The 5 parts of the brain involved in addiction.
Hint: the Russian Nesting Dolls.
What are - Genes. Reward. Memory. Stress. Choice.
Of the two types of "responders" mentioned in the film (high responders and low responders), this the type more likely to become a person with an alcohol use disorder.
Low Responders
The part of the brain that receives Glutamate and stores information.
Hint: one of the Russian Nesting Dolls
Memory Center
This side of the debate suggesting that people with substance use disorders have a defect in their brain.
Disease
Previously, most people with substance use disorders go here. They may or may not receive treatment...
Prison/Jail
This part of the brain is in charge of personality, weighing pros and cons, decision making.
Hint: "Where a mother loves her child. Where we love mom back"
The Prefrontal Cortex?
A term used in the video meaning: noticeable, important or prominent
Salience
A person's biological code that may predispose or make them more likely to develop an addiction.
Hint: the 1st Russian Nesting Doll
Genes
Parts of the Disease Model: Ex. Pancreas --> No Insulin --> Thirst, Blurred Vision, Seizure, Neuropathy
____ --> ____ --> ____
Organ, Defect, Symptoms
Moving from a chemical addiction to a behavioral addiction is called ____ ____.
Hint: it was talked about during the period table of intoxicants
Cross Addiction
All drugs cause the release or this neurotransmitter. The "green" chemical in the hose.
Dopamine?
The inability to derive normal pleasure from those things that have been pleasurable in the past.
Hint: can be described as extreme depression
Anhedonia
Addiction processing at this level in the prefrontal cortex and is the accumulation of multiple parts of the system becoming dysfunctional. The ____ Center
Choice
Argument that states, given enough motivation, a person with a substance use disorder can make the decision to not use.
The choice argument
All drugs are derived/come from these.
plants
Neurochemical related to memory and learning. The "red" chemical in the hose.
Hint: "Ok, I'll remember." "Ok, go get it."
Glutamate
Increased hormone released during times of stress.
Hint: Starts w/ a C
Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)?
Continued use of drugs and alcohol cause this to move higher than it should be leading to anhedonia.
the pleasure threshold or hedonic set point
Symptoms related to this argument include chills, cravings, physical pain, involuntary thoughts
The disease argument