Behaviors/Conditions
A family members or friends suffering that is the result of the side effects of one's addiction. It occurs when one takes responsibility for another's actions and helps that person avoid facing his/her problems directly to maintain the relationship.
What is Co-Dependence?
One of the most popular drugs contained in muscle relaxers, sleeping pills, and tranquilizers.
What is Opium?
A detrimental reaction to a drug [not the desired reaction].
What is Adverse Reaction?
Aims to reduce addiction.
What is Addiction Treatment?
A support group for adult children of alcholics.
What is ACOA?
A trait/traits that develops in response to drug use.
What is Addictive Personality?
Chemical substance that distorts perceptions, sometimes resulting in delusions or hallucinations.
What is Hallucinogen?
The opposite of euphoria.
What is Dysphoria?
A setting where people with similar issues can meet to support each other's recovery.
What is Therapeutic Community?
Group of individuals dealing with similar issues that meets to support each other and share helpful information [e.g. AA/NA/CR/BR].
What is a Self-Help Group?
Often the first stage of addiction treatment; reducing therapy instead of stopping the target behavior.
What is Harm Reduction?
A medicine used for the relief of moderate to high pain.
What is Oxycodone?
Drugs that enter the blood through the membranes under the tongue.
What is Subslingual?
Manages clients in chemical dependence programs to help with addiction recovery.
What is a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor [CCDC]?
The action taken when one's usual coping resources pose a threat to individual functioning or family?
What is Crisis Intervention?
A physical behavior one repeats involuntarily that can be harmful [e.g. Addiction].
What is Compulsion?
A group of cyclic solid unsaturated alcohols [e.g. cholesterol].
What are Steroids?
The greater effect that results when one takes more than one drug simultaneously.
What is Synergism?
Scientifically validated treatment approaches.
What is Evidence-based Treatment?
Withdrawal symptoms after initial acute withdrawal.
What is PAWS [Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome]?
A mental behavior one repeats involuntarily that can be harmful [e.g. needing an alcoholic drink].
What is Obsession?
Analgesic substances [opioid and nonopioid].
What are Pain Killers?
The strength a drug has that allows it to bind to it's receptor.
What is Affinity?
A way to determine the presence and severity of chemical dependency in a client [considers sociological, psychological, physical, and family factors, etc.].
What is an Addiction Assessment?
Helping an addicted person do things they can or should be doing for themselves; causes disease progression.
What is Enabling?