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These substances increase alertness, energy, and focus by boosting brain activity. Examples include caffeine, amphetamines, and cocaine.

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Stimulants

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These substances slow down the central nervous system, leading to relaxation, sedation, and reduced brain activity. Examples include alcohol, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates. and heroine according to the text book

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Depressants

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Also known as psychedelics, these substances alter perception, mood, and cognition, leading to vivid sensory experiences. Examples include LSD, psilocybin (magic mushrooms), and DMT.

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Hallucinogens

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These substances interact with opioid receptors in the brain to reduce pain and induce feelings of euphoria. Examples include heroin (not according to textbook), morphine, and prescription painkillers like oxycodone.

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Opioids

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Derived from the Cannabis plant, cannabis contains psychoactive compounds like THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) that can produce altered perceptions and mood changes.

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Cannabis

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THC stands for

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tetrahydrocannabinol

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These substances induce feelings of detachment from reality and may cause hallucinations or out-of-body experiences. Examples include ketamine and PCP

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Dissociatives

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Inhalants are chemicals found in household products that are inhaled to produce psychoactive effects. Examples include paint thinner, glue, and aerosol sprays.

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Inhalants

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These are synthetic substances designed to mimic the effects of other illicit drugs. Examples include synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cathinones (bath salts)

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Designer Drugs

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As you read through your text you may like to consider some of the biological, psychological and environmental, social and cultural factors involved in drug-induced states of consciousness to prepare for your learning activity for this sub-topic this is called the

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Biopsychosocial approach

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the usual conscious ways of perceiving, thinking, and feeling are modified or disrupted

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Altered States of Consciousness

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developing a deep state of tranquillity by altering the normal flow of conscious is known as

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meditation

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What practice focuses attention on a simple stimulus or by concentrating on stimuli that are usually in the background of awareness (such as one’s breathing),
shuts down the normal flow of self-conscious inner dialogue

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Meditation

(With the usual goal-directed flow of consciousness disrupted, the procedures that normally direct conscious attention are ‘de-automatised’ or disrupted.)

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meditation can achieve different

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states of consciousness Aplha, Beta, Theta

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Mindfulness meditation involves directing attention to the contents of one’s moment-to-moment experience, without judgement and without reaction

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Mindfulness meditation

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A state of focused awareness whereby an individual calls upon all senses to shift focus from external stimuli to internal awareness and develop the mental, emotional, physical and social competencies needed to successfully
handle life’s challenges.

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Mindfulness

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involves a heightened awareness of thoughts, feelings and
behaviours.

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Mindfulness

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hypnosis, was named after Hypnos, the Greek god of

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sleep

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An altered state characterised by deep relaxation
and suggestibility (proneness to follow the suggestions of the faciliator

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Hypnosis

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volition

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voluntary control over actions

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ypnosis can be used effectively in

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pain management, mental health conditions, quitting habits

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Not everyone can be hypnotised. People differ in

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hypnotic susceptibility,

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the recall
of forgotten memories.

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hyperamnesia,

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Hypnotised participants SHOW an apparent lack of pain despite pain-inducing stimulation.

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hypnotic analgesia

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One of the major problems is that people under hypnosis are

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are highly suggestible,
and a subtle inflection or leading question can lead hypnotised eyewitnesses to report more than
they actually know

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hypnosis is, in fact, an altered state
of consciousness, at least in

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highly hypnotisable people.

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drugs that operate on the nervous system to alter mental activity

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psychoactive substances

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Some psychoactive drugs resemble the molecular structure of naturally occurring neurotransmitters and thus

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have similar effects at synapse

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Some psychoactive drugs alter the normal processes of synthesis, release, reuptake or breakdown of neurotransmitters and consequently affect the

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rate of neural firing in various regions of the brain.

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The major types of psychoactive substances in widespread use include

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alcohol and other depressants,
stimulants, hallucinogens and marijuana.

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substances that depress, or slow down, the nervous system.

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Depressants (Common depressants are barbiturates and benzodiazepines.)

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class of drug that provide a sedative or calming effect and in
higher doses can be used as sleeping pills.

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Barbiturates (‘downers’)

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class of drug that is anti-anxiety agents, serve as tranquillisers; common examples are Valium and Xanax

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Benzodiazepines

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Depressants can produce both psychological and
physical .

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dependence

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a depressant that slows down the activity of the central nervous system. Immediate effects of its use can range from an intense pleasure and a strong feeling of wellbeing to feeling confused, drowsiness, reduced coordination, nausea and vomiting.

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Heroin

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People who are physically dependent on heroin usually develop ———- to the drug, making it necessary to take more and more to get the desired effects.

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tolerance

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alcohol appears to enhance the activity of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid; Buck, 1986). Because GABA inhibits

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norepinephrine,
which is involved in anxiety reactions, alcohol can reduce anxiety.

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Alcohol also enhances the activity of
——— and ———, which provide pleasurable feelings that reinforce behaviour

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dopamine and endorphins

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Depressant that derives its powerful effects from its capacity both to diminish unpleasant feelings and heighten pleasurable ones.

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alcohol

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One theory suggests that it disengages normal inhibitions; that is, alcohol contributes to aggression ‘not by stepping on the gas but rather

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by paralysing the brakes’

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A theory suggests that alcohol facilitates aggression by derailing other psychological processes that normally decrease the

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likelihood of aggression, such as the ability to assess risks accurately.

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A theory suggests that violence-prone individuals drink so that they can

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have an excuse for aggression, particularly since they tend to believe that alcohol makes them
aggressive.

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Long-term ingestion of alcohol produces physical changes in the brain that can seriously affect

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cognitive functioning, sometimes to the point of dementia

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Long-term ingestion of alcohol produces physical changes in the brain that can seriously affect
cognitive functioning, sometimes to the point of dementia (confusion and disorientation)

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Korsakoff’s syndrome.

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a precursor to Korsakoff’s syndrome, is caused
by a deficiency of thiamine in the body of a person who abuses alcohol

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Alcohol-induced Wernicke’s encephalopathy,

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nerve damage due to excessive drinking

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alcoholic polyneuropathy

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drugs that increase alertness, energy and autonomic reactivity (such as heart rate and
blood pressure). These drugs range from commonly used substances such as nicotine and caffeine to
more potent ones such as amphetamines and cocaine.

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Stimulants

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cigarette smokers often report that smoking increases their arousal and alertness while also providinga soothing effect this is because Nicotine

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increases heart rate and blood pressure while often decreasing emotional reactivity.

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The molecular structure of amphetamines is similar to that of the neurotransmitters

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dopamine and norepinephrine (Stimulation of norepinephrine receptors appears to produce alertness, while stimulation of dopamine receptors produces euphoria and increased motor activity.)

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induces psychosis in vulnerable individuals, death by overdose or ill health in chronic users, who essentially
circumvent the normal signals sent by the brain to protect the body from fatigue and overuse can be caused by

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opiods

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drug that causes hyperarousal, leading to a ‘rush’ that can last a few minutes to several hours. Cocaine is
one of the most potent pleasure-inducing substances, as well as one of the most addictive, ever discovered.

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Cocaine

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drug that increase the activity of norepinephrine and dopamine. Chronic use depletes
these neurotransmitters and can cause chronic depression similar to the crash that occurs when the initial
high is over

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Cocaine

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common symptoms of cocaine reported

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paranoia, anxiety and panic

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drug that causes increased
body temperature and heart rate, reduced appetite and heightened levels of energy and alertness. Although
cocaine can cause euphoria and increased confidence, it may cause anxiety and panic.

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Cocaine

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sensations and perceptions that occur in the
absence of external stimulation

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hallucinations

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alter sensory data to produce bizarre or unusual perceptions.

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Hallucinagens

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people may experience time as speeding up or slowing
down or sense colours bursting from the sky, walls moving or ants crawling under their skin using these drugs

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Hallucinagens

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synthetic hallucinogen LSD stands for

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lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

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Chronic use of —– is associated with psychotic
symptoms, depression, paranoia, lack of motivation and changes in brain physiology

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LSD

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Even when they are not experiencing
these symptoms, their EEGs show a pattern of abnormal firing of neurons in visual pathways of
the brain

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Chronic LSD users

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similar to those found with the use of amphetamines and cocaine symptoms include increased heart rate and blood pressure, nausea, blurred vision, faintness, chills and sweating.Psychological problems such as confusion, depression, insomnia, severe anxiety, paranoia and psychotic episodes can also occur with which drug

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Ecstasy

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a subject of controversy for decades. It continues to be among the most
widely used recreational drugs across all age groups in Australia.

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marijuana

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using this drug the individual may feel euphoric,
giddy, uninhibited or contemplative. During a high, judgement is moderately impaired, problem solving becomes less focused and efficient, and attention is more difficult to direct; some people report paranoia or panic symptoms.

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Marijuana produces a state of being high, or ‘stoned’,

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Disorders of consciousness are usually caused by

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severe brain injury

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A drug that increases the activity of a neurotransmitter

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Agonist

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A drug that inhibits or decreases the activity of a neurotransmitter

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Antagonist

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Drugs can enter the blood stream and are carried around in the brain by little blood vessels called

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Capillaries

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Capillaries contain a ———special lining of tightly packed cells that let vital nutrients pass through so that nerons can function

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Blood brain barrier

69
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The blood brain barrier screens out most

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foreign sunstances but some will be able to pass through

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Psychoactive drugs: If the substance does pass the blood brain barrier they will alter your consciousness by altering

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neurotransmitter activity in the brain

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Chemicals that transmit signals between neurons and junctions called synapses

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemical substances that carr messages to other neurons, muscles or glands

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Neurotransmitters

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reactions that are opposite to that of the drug - increase tolerance

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Compensory Respones

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Occurance of compensory responses after discontinued drug use

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Withdrawal

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Biological, Psychological and Social influences can create

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Disordered drug use

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