Describing Addiction Flashcards
What is physical dependence?
Withdrawal syndrome occurs when abstaining
What is psychological dependence?
Compulsion to experience the effects
What is tolerance?
A reduced response to a substance so they have to take more in order to feel it’s effects
What is behavioural tolerance?
Through experience individual adjusts behaviour to compensate effect of substance
What is cross-tolerance?
Developing tolerance to 1 type of substance leads to less sensitivity of another substance.
What is withdrawal syndrome?
Symptoms resulting from abstaining substance
What is acute withdrawal phase?
Symptoms right after abstaining means individual has physical and psychological dependence
What is prolonged withdrawal phase?
Symptoms continuing for longer periods of time, individual highly sensitive to cues, reason for relapse
