DRUGS OF ABUSE ADDICTION

Question 1

Name the four Regulatory Agencies and Drug Classification

Answer 1

National Crime Agency,
Misuse of Drugs Act (1971),
Medicines Act (1968),
Psychoactive Substances Act (2016)

Question 2

Where are todays diagnostic criteria found in?

Answer 2

DSM-5

ICD-10

Question 3

Name the diagnostic criteria for substance use disorder

Answer 3

Physical dependence
Desire to reduce drug use
Significant time spent seeking and using drugs
Use continues despite significant problems

Question 4

What are the four models of drug addiction?

Answer 4

Disease
Drive theory
Opponent-process theory
Incentive salience

Question 5

What is Drive theory?

Answer 5

Repeated drug use leads to a drive to seek out the drugs reinforcing effects

Question 6

What is Opponent-process theory?

Answer 6

That there is a opponent process which counteracts the effects of the drug.

Question 7

What is the Incentive Salience Model?

Answer 7

That addiction occurs when there is a shift from liking to wanting

Question 8

The reward circuitry consists of ________________ that arise in the ______________ and project to the ______________. ________ release in the nucleus accumbens is associated with reward.

Answer 8

mesolimbic dopamine neurons
ventral tegmental area
nucleus accumbens
Dopamine

Question 9

What are the three stages of drug addiction?

Answer 9

Intoxication
Development of dependence (Withdrawal)
Preoccupation and anticipation

Question 10

What are the Psychological and Pharmacological Therapies?

Answer 10

Detoxification
Drug Replacement Therapy
Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Twelve-step programs

Question 11

Which Drug is used in the treatment of sex addiction?

Answer 11

Naltrexone