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This term refers to a compulsive and harmful dependence on a substance or activity.
What is addiction?
What federal agency provides grants, resources, and support for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse and mental health disorders in the United States?
What is SAMHSA?
What treatment approach combines medications with behavioral therapies to address addiction and is commonly used for substances such as opioids or alcohol?
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment ?
What type of treatment approach involves individuals with similar struggles coming together to provide emotional support, share experiences, and help each other maintain sobriety?
What are Support Groups?
This term refers to the first instance of using a drug or substance
What is Initial Use?
A structured program aimed at helping individuals overcome addiction and achieve sobriety.
What is rehabilitation?
This state agency in Oregon provides health information, policy guidance, and support to improve the well-being of its residents. What is the name of this organization?
What is Oregon Health Advisor?
What evidence-based therapeutic approach helps individuals identify and modify unhealthy thoughts, emotions, and behaviors associated with addiction?
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
What type of treatment program requires individuals to live at a specialized facility for an extended period, where they receive intensive therapy, counseling, and support in a structured environment?
What is Residential Treatment?
The excessive, prolonged, or uncontrolled consumption of a substance, often leading to negative consequences, is known as what?
What is Abuse?
This term refers to the recurrence of addictive behavior or substance use after a period of improvement or recovery.
What is relapse?
Located in Rochester, Minnesota, this world-renowned medical center is known for its excellence in patient care, medical research, and education. What is the name of this prestigious institution?
What is Mayo Clinic?
What initial phase of addiction treatment involves the process of clearing the body of drugs or alcohol under medical supervision to manage withdrawal symptoms?
What is Detox?
What treatment option allows individuals to receive therapy, counseling, and support for substance abuse while still living at home and attending sessions several times a week?
What is Intensive Outpatient?
When the body adapts to a drug or substance and requires higher doses to achieve the same effect, it is a sign of what?
What is Tolerance?
This term describes the body's reduced response to a substance over time, requiring higher doses to achieve the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This agency is the primary federal organization responsible for biomedical and public health research in the United States
What is NIH?
What self-help support groups, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA), provide a structured program to help individuals achieve and maintain sobriety?
What are 12-step programs?
What type of treatment program requires individuals to be admitted to a hospital or specialized facility for round-the-clock care, medical supervision, and intensive therapy to address substance abuse?
What is Inpatient Treatment?
This term describes a state in which an individual experiences withdrawal symptoms and a compulsive need to use a drug or substance.
What is Dependence?
The physical and psychological symptoms that occur when a person abruptly stops or reduces the use of a substance.
What is withdrawal?
This Massachusetts state agency focuses on prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals struggling with substance use disorders. What does the acronym BSAS stand for?
What is Bureau of Substance Addictive Services?
What therapeutic technique focuses on enhancing an individual's motivation to change addictive behaviors by exploring and resolving ambivalence about quitting?
What is motivational interviewing?
What transitional living arrangements provide individuals in recovery with a supportive environment, structured routines, and access to counseling and resources as they reintegrate into society after completing residential treatment?
What are Halfway-Homes?
he persistent, compulsive use of a drug or substance despite harmful consequences is characteristic of what condition?
What is Addiction?