Addiction facts
The Brain
Jog my memory
Processes involved in addiction
Theories of addiction
100

The _____ use of substances has no negative consequences. Hint: Remember the spectrum of use.

Use ---> Misuse ---> Addiction

Social or Recreational

100

Part of the brain that keeps us alive for the next 15 seconds

Midbrain or reptilian brain

100

Term for the capacity at which our brains are meant to experience pleasure. ___ ___ ___

Hint: Another term for "Pleasure Threshold"

 the hedonic set point

100

Part of the brain devoted to incentives, also called the Pleasure Center.

Reward Center  

100

This side of the debate suggesting people develop addictions due to their decisions making addiction a moral failing.

Choice

200

_____ is continuing to use a substance or engage in a behavior despite negative consequences

Addiction

200

The 5 parts of the brain involved in addiction. 

Hint: the Russian Nesting Dolls. 

What are - Genes. Reward. Memory. Stress. Choice.

200

Of the two types of "responders" mentioned in the film (high responders and low responders), this the type more likely to become a person with an alcohol use disorder.

Low Responders

200

The part of the brain that receives Glutamate and stores information. 

Hint: one of the Russian Nesting Dolls

Memory Center 

200

This side of the debate suggesting that people with substance use disorders have a defect in their brain.

Disease

300

Previously, most people with substance use disorders go here. They may or may not receive treatment...

Prison/Jail

300

This part of the brain is in charge of personality, weighing pros and cons, decision making. 

Hint: "Where a mother loves her child. Where we love mom back"

The Prefrontal Cortex?

300

A term used in the video meaning: noticeable, important or prominent

Salience 

300

A person's biological code that may predispose or make them more likely to develop an addiction.

Hint: the 1st Russian Nesting Doll

Genes

300

Parts of the Disease Model: Ex. Pancreas --> No Insulin --> Thirst, Blurred Vision, Seizure, Neuropathy 

____  --> ____  --> ____

Organ, Defect, Symptoms

400

Moving from a chemical addiction to a behavioral addiction is called ____ ____.

Hint: it was talked about during the period table of intoxicants

Cross Addiction

400

All drugs cause the release or this neurotransmitter. The "green" chemical in the hose.

Dopamine?

400

The inability to derive normal pleasure from those things that have been pleasurable in the past.

Hint: can be described as extreme depression

Anhedonia

400

Addiction processing at this level in the prefrontal cortex and is the accumulation of multiple parts of the system becoming dysfunctional. The ____ Center

Choice

400

Argument that states, given enough motivation, a person with a substance use disorder can make the decision to not use.

The choice argument

500

All drugs are derived/come from these.

plants

500

Neurochemical related to memory and learning. The "red" chemical in the hose.

Hint: "Ok, I'll remember." "Ok, go get it."

Glutamate

500

Increased hormone released during times of stress. 

Hint: Starts w/ a C

Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)?

500

Continued use of drugs and alcohol cause this to move higher than it should be leading to anhedonia.

the pleasure threshold or hedonic set point

500

Symptoms related to this argument include chills, cravings, physical pain, involuntary thoughts

The disease argument