Core Definitions
Physical Aspects & Tolerance
Patterns of Use
Effects & Consequences
DSM
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Self-Assessment
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Self-Assessment
100
This term describes the use of mood-altering substances drugs that interferes with or has a negative affect on a person's life.
What is a substance use disorder?
(Part 1 page3)
100
The process in which the same amount of a substance no longer causes the same reaction, requiring larger amounts to achieve the same effect.
What is tolerance?
(Part 2, pg 14 or Part 3, 22)
100
Term used for a person's favored drug of choice.
What is primary (drug)?
(Part 1, pg 24)
100
The action that a drug has on a person shortly after it has been taken.
What are primary drug effects?
(Part 3, pg 28)
100
The primary guide used by healthcare professionals to diagnose substance use disorders.
What is the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
(Part 2, pg 9)
200
Defined as a primary, chronic, and progressive condition, this term, involves compulsion, loss of control, and continued use despite negative consequences.
What is addiction?
(Part 1, pg 4)
200
This occurs when body cells adapt to the long-term presence of a drug, making the body appear in balance only when the drug is consumed.
What is physical dependence?
(Part 3, pg 20)
200
A drug used alongside or as a substitute for a primary drug.
What is secondary (drug)?
(Part 3, pg 24)
200
Actions or symptoms that occur after consuming a large amount of a drug or using over a long period.
What are secondary drug effects?
(Part 3, pg 28)
200
Current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders referenced in the packet.
What is the DSM-5 (or fifth edition)?
(Part 2, pg 9)
300
This psychological defense mechanism protects people from seeing the harsh realities of their addiction.
What is denial?
(Part 1, pg 8)
300
The feelings, experiences, and physical reactions that occur when people cut down or stop using their drug of choice.
What are withdrawals symptoms?
(Part 2, pg 15)
300
Occurs when primary and secondary drugs have very similar drug effects, allowing one to prevent withdrawal from the other.
What is cross-tolerance?
(Part 3, pg 24)
300
Overstimulation, paranoia, agitation, insomnia, and hallucinations are secondary effects of his drug type.
What are stimulants and cocaine?
(Part 3, pg 28)
300
According to the self-assessment criteria, agreeing with this many statements suggests a moderate substance use disorder.
What is 4 to 5 statements?
(Part 2, pg 13)
400
Naturally occurring chemical in the brain that carry messages between special cells called neurons.
What are neurotransmitters?
(Part 3, pg 18)
400
Also known as "kindling," this situation occurs when the body becomes extremely sensitive to a drug, causing extreme reactions even at low doses.
What is reverse tolerance?
(Part 3, pg 22)
400
Replacing primary drug with an unavailable secondary drug that is NOT cross-tolerant.
What is drug switching?
(Part 3, pg 26)
400
Thinking excessively about getting a substance, planning its use, and hiding it from others.
What is preoccupation (or obsession)?
(Part 1, pg 7)
400
Three types of impaired control in addiction include poor control over amount, poor control over behavior, and poor control over this.
What is stopping (or cutting down)?
(Part 1, pg 6)
500
Another name for mood-altering drugs that change a person's mood or feeling categorized into stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens.
What are psychoactive drugs?
(Part 1, pg 3)
500
Withdrawal symptoms are typically this is in relation to the original effect produced by the drug.
What is the opposite?
(Part 3, pg 21)
500
Combining depressants and stimulants simultaneously, causing users to counteract feelings of intoxication and consume dangerous amount.
What is upper-downer cycle?
(Part 3, pg 27)
500
Because the body metabolizes cocaine much faster than alcohol, an upper-downer user risks extreme intoxication when this happens.
What is the cocaine wears off while the alcohol remains active?
(Part 3, pg 27)
500
Because addiction is a primary condition, treating a co-occurring physiological disorder does not mean this.
What is that the addiction is treated?
(Part 1, pg 4)