Vocab
This Enzyme is primarily responsible for converting alcohol into acetaldehyde in the liver
What is Alcohol dehydrogenase
this substance causes a trance like state where people are UNRESPONSIVE to pain
What is PCP
What is a substance that is NOT used in kids with PTSD but is sometimes used to manage withdrawal sx in Alcohol use disorder
What are benzodiazepines
this symptom is sometimes common to both schizophrenia and parkinsons
This drug class is often given during supervised detox to reduce withdrawal symptoms
What are Benzodiazepines?
Heroin becomes this once it crosses the blood brain barrier
What is Morphine?
Taking certain drugs while drinking alcohol can lead to dangerous drug levels because of this.
What is
This refers to the initial breakdown of orally ingested drugs in the liver before reaching systemic circulation
What is first-pass metabolism
This substance is made into a drink that contains DMT and Beta-carbolines
What is Ayahuasca?
In ADHD symptoms usually persist into adulthood in up to 70% of cases - true of fals
true
what is a side effect of too much dopamine that involves facial movements and tics
Acetaldehyde is the __ step in alcohol metabolism
What is the first step?
This brainstem region suppression causes opioid overdose fatalities
What are respiratory centers?
This could act by creating antibodies that bind to cocaine molecules
What is a vaccine against cocaine
This neurotransmitter is most associated with the rewarding effects of drugs like alcohol and cocaine
What is dopamine
this substance has been used by Native Americans for years in religious and healing rituals
What is mescaline
in ADHD up to 20%, possible slight more, are able to remit in adulthood true or false
true
This is one of the most common anxiety disorders in children
What is Separation Anxiety Disorder
This syndrome involves severe impairment from sustained alcohol use
What is Werkicke-Korsakoff syndrome?
This midbrain structure is key in descending pain modulation
What is the PAG Periaqueductal Grey
These change both the neurochemical and behavioral responses of cocaine
What are route of administration and dose
This neurotransmitter receptor is most involved in the therapeutic effects of antipsychotics
what is D2?
this is the psychoactive agent involved in the mechanism of action in the use of psychedelic mushrooms
what is psilocin
Geodon, Seroquel and Abilify are sometimes used in the management of this disorder
what is pediatric bipolar
This disorder in chldren rarely persists beyond kindergarten
What is Separation Anxiety Disorder
This neurotransmitter system is stimulated by alcohol to release dopamine
What are the VTA (Ventral Tegmental Area)
and the Nucleus Accumbens
Since 1999, opioid deaths have increased most due to this drug
What is Fentanyl?
This psychiatric symptom is seen in with high cocaine use
What are delusions of grandiosity