Neuroscience
What neurotransmitter is also known as the pleasure hormone?
Dopamine
CBT is an acronym for what?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a recurring desire to continue taking the drug despite harmful consequences
Substance Use Disorder
a mood disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, loss of interest, and a range of other symptoms that significantly impact a person's daily life and functioning
Depression
What is Nate's favorite article of clothing?
Cardigans/Sweaters
What is our brains ability to build new neurons and neural connections in response to stimuli or trauma/injury called?
Neuroplasticity
a type of learning where an organism learns to associate a neutral stimulus with a naturally occurring stimulus, leading to a learned response.
A term used to describe the physical and mental symptoms that a person has when they suddenly stop or cut back the use of an addictive substance, such as opiates and opioids, nicotine products, or alcohol.
Withdrawal
a mental health condition characterized by extreme shifts in mood, energy, and ability to function, alternating between full episodes of mania and of depression
Bipolar 1
Nate was born over seas. In which Country was he born in?
China
What does SSRI stand for?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
a type of learning where the occurrence, development, maintenance, and elimination of a behavior is reinforced by consequences.
Operant conditioning
a phenomenon that occurs when an individual's response to a particular substance (drug or medication) diminishes over time due to repeated use
Tolerance/Habituation
a decline in cognitive function that affects memory, thinking, language, judgment, and behavior.
Dementia
Nate and his husband have 4 pets. What are they?
A dog, snake, lizard, and scorpion.
_______________ is our emotional center and _______________ is our main memory processing area
Amygdala, Hippocampus
The "boxes" our minds sort through and place information into are called?
Schemas
a phenomenon in which an organism becomes more responsive to a stimulus after being exposed to a strong or noxious stimulus
Sensitization
a progressive brain disorder that gradually impairs memory, thinking, and eventually, the ability to carry out simple tasks due to the buildup of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
Alzheimer's Disease
Nate is allergic to what animal(s)?
Anything with hair
What is the brains reward center?
The Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA)
Maladaptive patterns of intaking, processing, storing, retrieving, and updating information are called?
Cognitive Distortions
I am an actor who not only struggles with addiction but also stars in one of Nates favorite movie franchises. Who am I?
Jamie Lee Curtis/Halloween
a mental diagnosis involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
Schizophrenia
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