Most relapse occurs in the first ____ months after the decision to quit.
Three
The "feel good" hormone
Endorphins
The practice of regularly taking time to focus on yourself.
Self-care
The fastest addicting drug
Nicotine
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result
Insanity
A cognitive behavioral approach with the goal of identifying and preventing high risk situations.
Relapse Prevention
The neurotransmitter associated with pleasure
Dopamine
People, places, things
Triggers
The most commonly abused drug across the nation.
Marijuana
This legal substance has been used and abused for thousands of years.
Alcohol
Returning to old harmful behaviors
Relapse
The healthy ability to understand the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of another person.
Empathy
The need to increase the dose over time to have the original effect.
Tolerance
The first stage of treatment
Detox
A state of mind after being awake for several days.
Psychosis
Emotional, mental, physical, and social
Dimensions or types of relapse
To maintain healthy relationships we have to form these to protect ourselves from being manipulated and taken advantage of by others
Boundaries
A form of treatment where the patient lives in a recovery facility
Inpatient
Mental health conditions that happen at the same time as addiction
Co-occurring disorders
Men are ___ times as likely to be addicted to alcohol compared to women
Two
Process of convincing the addict they need treatment.
Intervention
Which ethnic group experiences the most alcohol-poisoning deaths in the United States?
Native Americans
a 2012 study found that what percentage of addicts have a co-occurring disorder?
40%
Substance abuse costs the US about how much money each year?
A. 600 billion
B. 1.5 trillion
C. 18 billion
600 billion
About what percentage of liver disease related deaths caused by alcohol abuse?
About 50%