Neuroscience
This neuron is responsible for making sure we like things.
What is Dopamine?
These are considered to be maintenance steps.
What are steps 10, 11, & 12?
PAWS is the acronym for this condition.
What is Post Acute Withdrawal?
In the new traumatology, it postulates that because everyone experiences some measure of trauma in their lives, trauma should be seen on this type of curve.
What is a bell curve?
This is what SSRI stands for.
What is Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor?
This neuron creates memory.
What is Glutamate?
This step must be taken before any other and it asks us to accept something.
What is Powerlessness & Unmanageability
Symptoms of PAWS usually shows up at this time in our recovery.
What is 4 to 6 months, and potentially longer?
The term PTSD stand for this.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
This drug is used to control cravings for alcohol and some drugs?
What is Naltrexone?
This part of our prefrontal cortex tells us how to assign value to things.
What is the orbital frontal cortex?
This step asks us to become willing to make amends to those we have harmed.
What is step 8?
These are 3 symptoms of PAWS.
What is anxiety, dysphoria, anhedonia, sleep disturbance, cravings, cognitive impairment, and irritability?
Trauma contributes to addiction because it causes this in our lives.
What is Stress?
These two drugs are the primary drugs used to treat opiate addiction.
What is methadone and suboxone?
This part of our prefrontal cortex is responsible for how our feelings are assigned to our body. It is thought to be responsible for cravings.
What is the insular cortex?
This step asks us to make what type of moral inventory of ourselves.
What is Fearless?
These three symptoms are considered to be the ones that put us at the greatest risk for relapse.
What are cravings, anhedonia, and anxiety?
Name 3 of the many treatments for trauma.
What is EMDR, Brain Spotting, & Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal theory, Integrated Family systems.
This drug used to treat anxiety is one of the most difficult to withdraw from due to its addictive properties.
What is a benzodiazepine?
This part of our prefrontal cortex is how we see ourselves through the eyes of others. When it goes bad, we fail to see how sick we are, and can't seem to hear it from anyone else, even our doctor.
What is our anterior cingulate cortex?
This step asks us to turn something over to the care of God as we understand him; what are we to turn over, and what step tells us to do it.
What is step 3, and what is our will and life?
These two conceptualized PAWS in the 80's.
Who are Gorski & Miller?
Historically doctors and Psychiatrists have used this drug that has been sold illegally on the streets to treat patients with PTSD.
What is Ecstasy, or MDMA?
This is the term we use in addiction treatment when using pharmacology.
What is MAT?