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Vocabulary
Stages Of Adiction
Recovery
Biology
Miscellaneous
100
A behavioral syndrome characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite adverse social, psychological, and/or physical consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is Addiction
100
The first stage of addiction
What is experimentation/occasional/recreational use
100
An ___________ is an orchestrated attempt by one or many people – usually family and friends – to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem.
What is an intervention
100

Neurotrasmitter that controls the "reward system" in the brain

What is dopamine?

100

The act of consuming 5 or more alcohol drinks on one occasion.

What is binge drinking>

200
A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.
What is a trigger
200
how would you describe the second phase of addiction? give at least two characteristics
mood swings, personality changes, more cravings, high risk behavior and hanging out with other users
200
A form of treatment wear the patient lives in a recovery facility
What is In patient treatment
200
Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. A state in which a drug produces a diminishing biological or behavioral response; in other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
What is Tolerance
200

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can result in this.

What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?

300
A common reaction of people with substance use disorders who, when confronted with the existence of those disorders, deny that they have a substance abuse problem and/or have lost control of it.
What is denial
300
what is the third phase of addiction called
What is increasing dependency
300
A point in the treatment process where the user rids themselves of the drugs left in their body
What is Detox
300

What kind of substance speeds up your central nervous system?

What are stimulants?
300

More people abuse this drug in comparison to heroin, ecstasy, and cocaine combined.

What are prescription drugs?

400

This demographic metabolizes alcohol less effectively than their counterparts.

What is women?

400
give two examples of characteristics of the total dependency stage of addiction
needs drug to function normally, loses control in actions, loses intrest in priorities, physically and emotionally exhausted, tolerance to drug, overdose may occur
400
A group of people in which the user may meet with frequently in a therapeutic session that share similar issues that help each other through the recovery process
What is A support group
400

Neurotransmitter that controls your mood and is responsible for happiness. It helps regulate when you sleep and wake, helps you think, maintains your mood, and controls your sexual desire. 

What is serotonin?

400

What are the two kinds of two dependencies that addiction creates?

What are physical and psychological?

500

What does MADD/SADD stand for?

Who are Mothers/Students Against Drunk Driving

500
If the problem goes un treated accidental or intended _________ may occur
What is overdose
500
A slip from recovery where the patient returns back to their old habit/ addictive behavior
What is relapse
500

What kind of substance slows your central nervous system?

What are depressants?

500

What is the leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds?

What are drunk driving accidents?