Abnormal Psychology- Substance related disorders

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1. what is a drug anything that can alter your mental or 18. Biological Problems cancer, liver cirrhosis, dependence
physical functioning legal: coffee, alcohol, and withdrawal, DT's
nicotine/ illegal: heroin, cocaine, marijuana
19. pregnancy and people who drink while pregnant-
2. primary looking at all the symptoms and figuring out alcohol FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
diagnosis what is primary or do they have the disorder
20. fetal Alcohol smaller heads, IQ < 70, mentally
and now misuse something
Syndrome (FAS) retarded, memory difficulties
3. abuse drug that may interfere with day-to-day
21. Sedative- Hyponic produce feelings of relaxation and
functioning
Drugs effects drowsiness,
4. dependence drug use assumes a central role in the day-
22. Barbiturates relieve anxiety- if they relax the
to-day life of a person (unable to stop
person too much though they might
using)
fall asleep
5. supervised patients can live independently in a place
23. Benzodiazepines to relieve anxiety, binding to GABA
residential with treatment staff
receptors, relieve anxiety without
care
drowsiness
6. occupations get training on job skills in a treatment
24. Opioids Background Herion- from the Opium poppy
training environment
program 25. Opioids prevelance 1% of adults become addicted in
their lifetime
7. depressants alcohol- sedative/hyponotics, opioids
26. Opioids use smoked or snorted, injected
8. depressants- 2/3 of US drink alcohol, men are 4x more
intramuscular or intravenously
alcohol use likely to have problem
and 27. Opioids addiction HIGHLY addicting- hooked within
dependance weeks, tolerance builds quickly,

9. depressants- blocks GABA (messages between nerve 28. Stimulates- examples cocaine, amhetamines, nicotine, and
alcohol- what cells) caffeine
it does to you 29. Stimulate-what do increase- rapid thinking, excitement
10. depressants- negative reaction to alcohol (chinese- they do
Alcohol americans) 30. Stimulates- Cocaine most powerful natural stimulant
allergy known, 1.8 million users
11. depressants- Native americans 31. Cocaine- biological produces euphoric rush of well
alcohol abuse and psychological being, increases dopamine receptors
most likely in effect
12. levels of EUPHOTIA- mental jusgements wants, 32. Amphetamines Manufactured in laborites (or house)
impairments: cheeks get flushed and rosy, slef confidence
33. Amphetamines- what increased energy and lower appetite
PHASE 1 increases
it does
13. levels of EXCITEMENT- stumble, loose balance
34. Amphetamines- 2% of americans
impairments:
prevalence
PHASE 2
35. Hallucinogens - what Naturally occurring
14. levels of CONFUSION- persons becomes overly
are they
impairments: emotional, violent, withdrawn, dizzy, speech
PHASE 3 is slurred 36. Hallucinogens - 10% of Americans used, 2% currently
prevalence
15. levels of STUPOR- lump of clay, vomiting, lapse in
impairments: and out of conscience 37. Cannabis-what types Marijuana + Hashish
PHASE 4 38. Cannabis- what's in it THC (the greater the THC the more
16. levels of DEATH powerful the drug will be)
impairments: 39. Cannabis- biological high does mixture of hallucinogenic
PHASE 5 and psychological depressant and stimuli effect
17. Alcohol 30 million have/born into alcoholic parents, effect
Dependence looses $150 billion annually
40. Polydrug use people taking more than one drug at a time- DO NOT cancel other out
41. psychodnamic children grow without enough support- never learn how to manage their own needs. Drug are the solution to
theory of addiction satisfy the needs
42. biological theory of addiction runs in families- most drugs stimulate pleasure in the brain
addiction
43. cognitive/behavioral "learning in operant and classical" drugs take the persons mind off of the problems
theory of addiction
44. siocultural theory of living in a chronically stressed environment- situations factors related to addiction / identification with a group
addiction that uses drugs (hippies)
45. treatment of 1. detoxification 2. antagonist drug 3. drug maintenance therapy
addiction
46. 1. Detoxification medically supervised environment where you can deal with you withdrawal symptoms
47. 2. Antagonist drug medications that: make the person unable to get hight, make the person very sick if they do get high
48. 3. drug maintenance provide medically supervised treatments with drug being replace with something less addictive
therapy
49. MET (motivational 5 step theory: 1. pre-contemplation- no awareness of problem 2. contemplation: thinking about what going on
enhancement - encourage effects of treatment 3. preparation- planning on how to address the problem 4. action- person
theory) who is actually making the plan work
50. MET uses FRAMES F=provide feedback R=patients responsibility A= advise them to change behavior M= provide with a menu of
network options E=deliver empathy S= self efficiency