Sub-Concepts
(inter-related concepts)
Processes & Consequences of Addiction
Addiction in the Context of the Case Study
Addiction Across the Lifespan
100

How many inter-related concepts were talked about?

What is four?

100

Addiction can result in this state of being due to poor job performance or workplace-related incidents/ negligence

What is unemployment or job loss?

100

Why did the patient come to the ER?

What is withdrawal?

100

Are the rates for gambling addiction higher in males or females during adolescence?

What is males?

200

How do family dynamics and stress and coping inter-relate?

What is unhealthy family dynamics increase stress and make it difficult to cope. Healthy family dynamics help a person have better methods to cope with stressors?

200

High-risk practices, such as this behavior, can lead to the transmission of infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C

What is needle sharing?

200

Name one symptom the patient showed while waiting in the ER

What is agitation/speech changes/muscle twitching/disorientation? (Any one is correct!)

200

During which developmental stage are the rates the highest for developing behavioral addiction?

What is adolescent/young adults?

300

What happens if the inter-related concepts are ineffective?

What is an individual at a higher risk of addiction?

300

Elevated rates of addiction can result in this social concept which can isolate or hinder individuals from asking for help

What is social stigma?

300

What test did the nurses order to check for substance use?

What is a urine sample?

300

Which type of behavioural addiction decreases for seniors?

What is internet addiction?

400

Name all 4 inter-related concepts

What is Stress and Coping, Family Dynamics, Cognition, Mood and Effect?

400

Chemical substances such as tobacco or repetitive behaviors such as gambling can act as what?

What is a stimulus?

400

What could have helped the patient avoid an ER visit?

What is better addiction support / prescription management?

400

This substance which contains synthetic cathinones and is packaged using flamboyant names is commonly misused amongst adolescents

What are bath salts?

500

Why are the inter-related concepts important in addiction?

What is helps you understand what causes addiction and how to motivate someone to quit?

500

To overcome the body’s adaptation to a stimulus, this is an act of increasing a stimulus in order to gain the same perception of it

What is tolerance?

500

What made the patient finally go to the ER?

What is severe withdrawal symptoms?

500

This is the act used by addicts to obtain prescriptions drugs from multiple medical professionals.

What is doctor shopping?