Chapter 11: Substance Abuse Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Question 1

substance related disorders?

Answer 1

• abuse of drugs that people take to alter the way they think, feel and behave

Question 2

Impulse control disorders?

Answer 2

• inability to resist acting on a drive or temptation

Question 3

Psychoactive substances?

Answer 3

• alter mood or behaviour

Question 4

Substance intoxication?

Answer 4

• physiological response to ingested substances

Question 5

Substance abuse?

Answer 5

• how significantly the substance interfere with the users life

Question 6

Substance dependence?

Answer 6

• enslaved by the drug, physiologically dependent on the drug, will exp withdrawal when abstained

Question 7

Psychological dependence?

Answer 7

• desperate need to ingest the drug…likelihood one will return to use after abstinence…(behaviours )

Question 8

Depressants?

ex:?

Answer 8

• behavioural sedation and can induce intoxication

alcohol, sedative, hypnotic and anxiolytics

Question 9

Stimulants?

ex?

Answer 9

• more active and alert…can elevate mood

cocaine, amph, nicotine and caffeine

Question 10

Opiates?

ex?

Answer 10

• analgesia temporarily and euphoria

heroin, codeine, morphine etc

Question 11

Hallucinogens?

ex?

Answer 11

• alter sensory perception and can produce delusions, paranoia and hallucinations
  ( marijuana and LSD)

Question 12

Other drugs of abuse?

ex?

Answer 12

• do not fit into any one category

- anabolic steroids, inhalants…

Question 13

Withdrawal delirium is caused by what?

Answer 13

• chronic alcohol abuse

- frightening hallucinations and body tremors

Question 14

Wernike-Korsakoff Syndrome

Answer 14

• chronic alcohol abuse

- confusion, loss of muscle coordinative and unintelligible speech

Question 15

Fetal Alcohol syndrome?

Answer 15

• fetal growth retardation, cognitive deficits, behaviour problems and learning issues
• caused via drinking while prego

Question 16

Barbiturates (sedatives etc)

Answer 16

relax muscles and can produce mild feelings of well being

Question 17

Benzodiazepines? (sedatives etc)

Answer 17

• calm and induce sleep….anticonvulsant

Question 18

Amphetamine intoxication?

Answer 18

• euphoria, affective blunting, changes in sociability, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, tension, anger, stereotyped behaviours impaired judgement etc

Question 19

Nicotine disorders?

Answer 19

• only list withdrawal symptoms
  L> depressed mood, insomnia, irritability, anxiety, diff concentrating, restlessness, increased appetite and weight gain.

Question 20

Cannabis intoxication?

Answer 20

• mood swings, euphoria, impaired motor coordination, anxiety, slowed time, blood shot eye, big appetite, dry mouth tachycardia

Question 21

Hallucinogen intoxication?

Answer 21

• perceptual changes subjective intensification of perceptions depersonalization hallucinations, pupillary dilation, rapid heart beat, sweating and blurred vision.

Question 22

Intermittent explosive disorder? (impulse)

Answer 22

• agressive impulses that result in assaults or destruction of property

Question 23

Kleptomania?(impulse)

Answer 23

• recurrent failure to resist urges to steal things that are not needed for personal use or their monetary value

Question 24

Pyromania? (impulse)

Answer 24

• irresistible urge to set fires.

Question 25

Pathological gambling? (impulse)

Answer 25

• most common

- withdrawal…restless periods and irritability when attempting to stop

Question 26

Trichotillomania? (impulse)

Answer 26

urge to pull one’s own hair out