Definitions
This is a chronic, relapsing disease of the brain triggered by repeated exposure to drugs in those who are vulnerable because of genetics and developmental or adverse social exposures.
What is addiction?
This part of the brain helps coordinate responses to things in your environment, especially those that trigger an emotional response. This structure plays an important role in fear and anger.
What is the amygdala?
This type of therapy focuses on examining the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (or CBT)?
This includes feeling sadness most days, losing motivation & joy, withdrawing from people, hopelessness, insomnia, feeling guilty, feeling helpless.
What is depression?
More than 43 million Americans (1 in 5 people) struggle with this in any given year.
What is mental illness?
In this type of intervention, a therapist guides you through an interview process to help you find your own reasons to make behavior changes.
Some alcohol use is ok during pregnancy.
What is false? (There is no safe amount of alcohol to consume during pregnancy)
This mental health disorder is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and abnormal motor behavior.
What is schizophrenia?
What class of drugs includes heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine?
What are Opioids?
Risk for addiction is influenced by a person's biology, social environment, and age or stage of development.
What is true?
This accounts for over 800,000 deaths globally each year, with over 41,000 in the U.S. alone. It is the second leading cause of death worldwide for 15-29 year olds.
What is suicide?
This is the neurotransmitter that is associated with the reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse and may have a key role in triggering the neurobiological changes associated with addiction.
What is Dopamine?
Methadone is a substitute for heroin or prescription opioids
What is false? (Methadone is a medication for opioid addiction, much like a diabetic is physically dependent upon insulin)
This is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work.
What is epigenetics?