RELAPSE PREVENTION
This term describes the return to substance use after a period of abstinence or recovery.
What is RELAPSE?
This term means having competing motivations at the same time, such as wanting recovery while missing aspects of substance use.
What is AMBIVALENCE?
This trap views situations in extremes, such as 'I failed once, so I always fail.'
What is ALL-OR-NOTHING THINKING?
Which organelle is primarily responsible for producing ATP in eukaryotic cells?
What is the Mitochondria?
This neurotransmitter is strongly involved in reward learning, motivation, reinforcement, and salience.
What is DOPAMINE?
In the trigger sequence, this experience can occur between a trigger and the decision to use.
What is CRAVING?
This principle separates an internal urge from the behavior that follows it.
What is URGE VS. ACTION?
This trap makes a serious behavior or consequence seem smaller or less important than it really is.
What is MINIMIZATION?
Which bird is the only bird known to fly backward?
What is the Hummingbird?
This brain structure is important for learning and memory and helps form associations between contexts and substance use.
What is the HIPPOCAMPUS?
This type of relapse warning sign involves emotional distress, isolation, irritability, or poor coping before substance use occurs.
What is EMOTIONAL RELAPSE?
This term describes a person's belief that they can successfully perform a specific behavior or cope with a specific situation.
What is SELF-EFFICACY?
This trap focuses on the pleasurable or exciting parts of past substance use while minimizing the consequences.
What is ROMANTICIZING?
Which noble gas has the highest atomic number among naturally occurring noble gases?
What is Radon?
This process can occur when repeated substance exposure means larger amounts are needed to produce a similar effect.
What is TOLERANCE?
This strategy asks a person to mentally follow a seemingly small decision through its likely consequences instead of focusing only on immediate relief.
What is PLAY THE TAPE?
This pattern involves trying to escape, suppress, or avoid unwanted thoughts, emotions, memories, or internal experiences.
What is EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE?
Repeated exposure can make substance-related cues especially attention-grabbing and motivating. What concept describes this?
What is INCENTIVE SALIENCE?
Which African country has more pyramids than Egypt?
What is Sudan?
Unlike tolerance, this process can involve an increased response to a substance or substance-related cues after repeated exposure.
What is SENSITIZATION?
This high-risk thinking pattern involves believing that previous success means a previously dangerous situation is now safe.
What is OVERCONFIDENCE?
A person says, 'I already broke one rule, so I might as well use.' What relapse-related concept does this resemble?
What is the ABSTINENCE VIOLATION EFFECT?
A person learns that a particular place, person, or time predicts substance availability. What learning process helps explain the association?
What is CONDITIONING?
Which animal has fingerprints remarkably similar to humans?
What are koalas?
This brain region is central to executive functions such as planning, judgment, impulse control, and decision-making.
What is the PREFRONTAL CORTEX?