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Terms for addiction

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Pharmacology The scientific study of drugs concerned with all information about the effects of drugs on living system.
Psychopharmacology The subarea of pharmacology that concerns the effects on drugs on behavior
Psychology The scientific study behavior
Drug Broadly defined as any chemical entity or mixture of entities not required for the maintenance of health but that alters biological function or structure when administered
Drug Abuse Any use of drugs that causes physical, psychological, legal, or social hard to the individual user or to others affected by the drugs user's behavior.
Drug Effects The action of a drug on the body. Drug effects are measured in different ways.
Psychoactive Pertaining to effects on the mood, thinking, and behavior.
Drug Dosage Measure of the quantity of the drug consumed
Route of Administration The way drugs enter the body.
Psychological Set An individuals knowledge, attitudes expectations, and other thoughts about an object or event such as a drug.
Placebo In pharmacology, a chemically inactive substance.
(SAMHSA) Substance abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Prevalence The general occurrence of an event, usually expressed in terms of percentages of some population. Another common statistic in survey studies is incidence, or the number of first-time occurrences of an event doing some time period.
Polydrug Use The same persons regular use of more than one drug.
Grain As a measure, a unit of weight equal to 0.0648 gram.
Addiction In reference to drugs overwhelming involvement with using a drug, getting an adequate supply of it and having strong tendency to resume use of it after stopping for a period.
Psychological Dependence The emotional state of craving a drug either for its positive effect or to avoid negative effect associated with its abuse
Craving A term that
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