17 Flashcards
integrated group therapy for bipolar and SUD goals:
promote abstinence, med compliance, teach symptom recognition of both BP and SUD relapse, teach relapse prevention skills, improve other interpersonal relationships
special populations at risk for substance abuse:
adolescents
having drugs on board can interfere a developing brain and interfere with:
synaptic pruning and coupled with genetic factors, increasing risk for SUD’s and psychiatric disorders
humans slowest rates of brain developments occur during:
adolescent years
erik sons stages include these 2 psychosocial stages:
personal fable and imaginary audience
personal fable:
belief held that adolescents are unique and special, important and invincible: “nobody understandsme” “this won’t happen to me”
imaginary audience:
everyone is watching and scrutinizing them, especially peers
reference group:
present a set of norms or standard against which adolescents judge their social success
amygdala:
emotional learning, fear, pleasure, part of limbic system
significant changes in connections between the ___ and _____ _____happen during development
amygdala and prefrontal cortex
the later development of PFC compared to limbic underlies the weakened inhibition and:
increased impulsivity seen in adolescents
in adolescents decision making compared to adults there is:
hypoactivity in the PFC, OFC, ACC
why is hypoactivity needed in adolescents?
for top-down inhibitory control of subcortical regions for mature of hyperactive amygdala
race car metaphor:
big engine, poor driver, faulty brake system, high octane fuel
big engine:
maturing bodies, independence striving
