Substance Abuse Disorder
A chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences involves changes to brain circuits involved in reward, stress, and self-control.
What is:Addiction
The use of .edu and .gov websites
What is: Creditable resource
People places or things that make a person make a choice.
What is: An external influence
A colorless volatile flammable liquid that is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars it is intoxicating and is also used as an industrial solvent.
What is: Alcohol
A treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after an illness.
What is: Therapy
A chronic disease in which a person craves drinks that contain alcohol and is unable to control his or her drinking.
What is: Alcoholisam
The acronim for advocacy skill cues
What is: I CARE
Thoughts or feelings that cause a person to make a choice.
What is: An internal influence
A greenish-gray mixture of the dried flowers of Cannabis sativa.
What is: Marijuna
The treatment of multiple patients at once by one or more healthcare providers.
What is: Group therapy
Conditions that affect your thinking, feeling, mood, and behavior. They may be occasional or long-lasting and can affect your ability to relate to others and function.
What is: A mental disorder
Strategy to raise levels of familiarity with an issue and promote health and access to quality health care and public health services at the individual and community levels.
What is: Advocacy
feeling that one must do the same things as other people in order to be liked or respected by them.
What is: Peer pressure
A stimulant drug that speeds up the messages traveling between the brain and body.The main psychoactive ingredient in tobacco products
What is: Nicotine
Assists someone with substance abuse cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
What is: Medication therapy
Mental health condition where a person has a problematic pattern of substance use that causes distress and/or impair on their life.
What is: Definition of substance abuse
Awareness, Message, Speck up, positivity, research, support, change, listening, take action, promote, and inform.
What is: Ways to advocate
Intentional act causing injury or trauma to another person…by way of bodily contact.
What is: Physical abuse
A synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
What is: Fentanyl
A group composed of individuals who meet on a regular basis to help one another cope with a life problem.
What is: Self help groups
Frequently getting into trouble, suspicious behaviors, Change in appetite, mood swings, Lack of motivation, and Appearing fearful or anxious.
What is: Signs and symptoms of Substance abuse disorder
Helping people become more involved in important decisions about their life.
What is: Why we need advocacy
Frequent exposure to illicit substances prior to age 15.
What is: Early exposure to drugs
A broad group of pain-relieving drugs that work by interacting with opioid receptors in your cells.
What is: Opioids
A broad range of techniques used to change maladaptive behaviors. The goal is to reinforce desirable behaviors and eliminate unwanted ones.
What is: Behavioral therapy