addiction midterm ch.3
The age group with the highest level of alcohol use
21 year olds
• Percentage of patients treated at mental health centers who also have problems with alcohol and other drugs
27% pg.112
Principles behind the use of aversion treatment
Classical conditioning/behaviorism
• Countries that have the highest total per capita consumption in liters of pure alcohol
Moldova highest in world 18.2, czech republic second 113
The only drug that causes addiction in the majority of users
Nicotine, (maybe methemphedamie)
Class of medications most widely prescribed today to combat depression
SSR'Is
• The phenomenon associated with aging in which the drinker loses his/her ability to handle alcohol
Tolerance reversal
• Which substances abused by youth cause the most deaths
alcohol
• Meaning of the term "lachrymose drunk," according to Father Martin
crying, drunk, full of self-pity
• A drug used experimentally to treat trauma victims
ecstacy
• The drug that activates the very receptors in the brain involved in the increase of appetite
marijuana pg.143
• Most commonly abused prescription drugs strongly associated with Emergency Room visits
opiods, including oxycotin, darvon, vicodin
• What heroin is derived from
opium poppy pg.121
• Which commonly used and misused drugs are, and are not, depressants
pg..10
• Why methadone is prescribed for heroin addiction
pg.125
Meaning of terms tolerance and cross-tolerance
tolerance to a substance to which the individual had not previously been exposed pg.118
• The movie The Lost Weekend and Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer were presented in the text to illustrate a symptom of alcoholism
withfrae- the last weekend, tom-The blackout
• percentage of lung cancer deaths caused by smoking, according to the American Lung Association (2006)
90%
• What Ondansetron has been used for effectively treating and how it works
Alcoholics, chemotherapy patients, cocaine addicts) reduces craving . pg.167
• The psychiatric term for the inability to feel pleasure
Anhedonia
Recommendations or advice for how to prevent a hangover
Avoid darker drinks, drink lots of liquids such as water, and don't drink much and food consumtion
