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Ch 10 subst abuse
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| substance use | the ingestion of psychoactive substances in moderate amounts that does not significantly interfere with social, educational, or occupational functioning |
| psychoactive substances | substance, such as a drug, that alters mood or behavior |
| substance related disorder | range of problems associated with the use and abuse of drugs used to alter the way people think, feel, and behave. extremely costly in human and financial terms |
| impulse-control disorder | dis person acts on an irresistible, but potentially harmful, impulse |
| poly-substance abuse | use of multiple drugs |
| substance intoxication | physiological reaction such as impaired judgement and motor ability, as well as mood change, resulting from the ingestion of a psychoactive substance |
| substance abuse | pattern of psychoactive substance use leading to significant distress or impairment in social and occupational roles and in hazardous situations |
| substance dependence | maladaptive pattern of substance characterized by the need for increased amounts to achieve the desired effect, negative physical effects when the substance is withdrawn, unsuccessful efforts to control its use. also known as addiction |
| tolerance | need for increased amounts of substance to achieve desired effect, and a diminished effect with cont use of same amount |
| withdrawal | severely negative physiological reaction to removal of a psychoactive substance, which can be alleviated by the same or similar sucbstance |
| withdrawal delirium | frighting hallucinations and body tremors that result when a heavy drinker withdraws from alcohol |
| depressant | PSYCHOACTIVE substance that results in behavioral sedation; such substances include alcohol, sedative, hypnotic, drugs |
| stimulant | substances that elevate mood, activity, and alertness amphetamines, caffeine, cocaine, and nicotine |
| opiate | addictive substances such as heroin, opium, or morphine that cause temporary euphoria and pain releif |
| hallucinogen | substances like lsd, marijuana that produce delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, and altered sensory perception |
| fetal alcohol syndrome | pattern of problems, including learning difficulties, behavior deficits, and characteristic physical flaws, resulting from heavy drinking by the victim's mother when she was preggo |
| barbiturate | sedative/ and adictive drug such as amytal, seconal, or nembutal that is used as a SLEEP AID |
| benzodiazepine | antianxiety drug such as valium, also used to treat insomnia some side effects: cognitive and motor impairment, may result in substance dependence. relapse rates are extremely high when the drug is discontinued |
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