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Types of addiction
ATU Handbook
Symptoms
Causes
Effects
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A persistent, habitual use of alcohol
What is Alcohol Addiction?
100

The Horizon ATU is an alcohol and drug treatment program of ___________; designed to provide substance use/or abuse treatment, tp the Therapeutic Community family members.

What is 6 months?

100
Changes in appetite or sleep patterns
What is sudden weight loss or weight gain?
100

Some people may inherit a vulnerability to the addictive properties of drugs

What is a Genetic Factors?

100
A state of near-sleep, a strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods
What is drowsiness?
200
The most commonly consumed psychoactive substance on earth
What is Caffeine Addiction?
200

___________   ___________ is a modified short-term residential chemical dependency treatment program of 6 months.

What is the Therapeutic Community?

200
Unusual smells on breath, body, or clothing
What is change in B.O?
200

The home, neighborhood or community where people live, go to school or work can influence whether or not they develop substance use problems

What is an Environment?

200
The forcible voluntary or involuntary emptying ("throwing up") of stomach contents through the mouth
What is vomiting?
300
A class of drugs that mimic adrenalin in the body
What is Amphetamine Addiction?
300

Three phases the treatment program is divided into offering services at different levels of recovery.

What is Orientation, Main Treatment, and Re-Entry?

300
Happy, sad, excited, anxious, etc
What are extreme mood changes?
300

More than half of people with substance use disorders have also had mental health problems

What are Mental health issues?

300
A separation of circulating blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the central nervous system (CNS). It occurs along all capillaries and consists of tight junctions around the capillaries that don't exist in normal circulation
What is a blood-brain barrier?
400
A sedative-hypnotic prescribed to people for short-term treatment of insomnia
What is Ambience Addiction?
400

Laws of the community, and infraction that may result in serious consequences up to and including discharge from the ATU Program.

What are Cardinal Rules?

400
Unexpectedly and extremely tired or energetic
What is a change in energy?
400

Immediate rewarding experience that makes a person truly "joyous" or "happy" in spirit

What is feeling good?

400
A disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
What is AIDS?
500
A synthetic, psychoactive drug with similarities to stimulant and hallucinogen that makes users feel energetic, euphoric, empathetic, and they may experience augmented sensory perception
What is Ecstasy Addiction?
500

Preventing an offender's return to criminal behavior, particularly when treatment continues as the person transitions back into the community

What is the Criminal Justice System?

500
New and unusual friends, odd cell-phone conversations
What are changes in social groups?
500

The emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world

What is Stress?

500
A collection of pus (dead neutrophils) that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue in which the pus resides on the basis of an infectious process
What is Abscesses?