16-5 Flashcards
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Personality disorders
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Maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and ones environment
2
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Antisocial personality
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A personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscious
3
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Psychological dependence
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Use of a drug to a certain extent that a person feels nervous and anxious without it
4
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Addiction
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A pattern of drug abuse characterized by an overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and use the drug
5
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Tolerance
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Physical adaption to a drug so that a person needs an increased amount in order to produce the original affect
6
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Withdrawal
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The symptoms that occur after a person discontinues the use of a drug to which he or she has become addicted
