Name 3 signs of drug overdose
Vomiting, blacking out, passing out, cold/clammy skin, slurring, lack of muscle coordination.
What neurotransmitter plays the biggest role in addiction?
Dopamine
What does IOP stand for?
Intensive Outpatient Program
1. People 2. Places 3. Things
What are triggers
How many more times likely are men to be addicted to alcohol than women?
Twice
What is the main excitatory neurotransmitter?
Glutamate
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
5 skills you have learned in treatment to overcome cravings and triggers
a sponsor, a relapse prevention plan, laughter, service, work, being with family, hobbies etc.
What part of the brain do drugs effect the most? (hint: where is the reward network?)
Midbrain / Limbic system
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
What is a gene?
What part of the brain is in charge of decision making, response inhibition, personality, and is last to develop?
Frontal lobe / prefrontal cortex
Who wrote the book, "Addictoholic Deconstructed"
Dr. Nicole Labor
The most commonly abused drug across the nation
What is Alcohol
What is the name of a brain cell?
Neuron
Our brain learns by ________ and _________.
Reward and repetition