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Paraphilia

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The intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, or individuals.

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Sexual Response Cycle

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Excitement, Plateau, Orgasmic, Resolution

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Performance Anxiety

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Anxiety about performing sexually. May come from body image issues, premature ejaculation, difficulties, insecurities, etc.

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Female Desire Disorder

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About 1/3 of women in the US, usually no interest in sex, fantasies, initiation of sex, arousal, or sensations, at least 6 months, causes significant distress.

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Male Hypoactive Disorder

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At least 6 months, Causes distress, only 2% of males 16-44, male symptoms of the female desire disorder.

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Sensate Focus

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A therapeutic technique where the therapist assigns the couple the assignment of non-genital stimulation.

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Erectile Dysfunction

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Difficulty maintaining erection, generalized situations, can be caused by nicotine, increases with age, can be co-morbid or cause other diagnosis (depression, substance abuse)

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Female Orgasmic Disorder

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Normal sexual desire and excitement phase, little or no orgasm, about 10% of women never have an orgasm.

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Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder

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Pain during intercourse that’s not due to lack of lubrication, may be caused by trauma

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Frotteuristic Disorder

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A disorder in which a person rubs their erect penis on a non-consenting person.

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Gender Dysphoria

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Strong and persistent cross-gender ID, discomfort with ones assigned sex, 2/3 of transgender boys ID as gay.

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Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria in Children (6)

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Strong desire to be other gender, cross dressing, cross-gender roles and toys, rejection of gender toys, dislike of sexual anatomy, secondary sex characteristics, playmates of different gender.

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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

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Females with too high levels of sex hormones.

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Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome

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Males with androgynous sex characteristics.

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Kraepelin

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Father of modern psychiatry, credited with the classification of psychosis as- Manic depression or dementia

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Delusions

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False beliefs on a spectrum

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Types of Delusions

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Bizarre, Jealousy, Erotmanic, Grandiose, Mood congruent, mood incongruent, controlled, reference, persecutory, somatic, thought broadcasting, thought insertion

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Characteristics of Psychotic Language

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Word Salad, Clanging, Neologisms, Alogia, Hyper-metaphorical, Echolalia

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Bizarre Delusions

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Something that couldn’t have happened

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Jealousy Delusions

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Ridiculous accusations

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Erotmanic Delusions

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Believe someone is in love with them, usually famous

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Grandiose Delusions

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Self-important and powerful

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Mood Congruent Delusions

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Mood is equal to delusional state

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Mood Incongruent Delusions

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Mood is unequal to delusional state

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Controlled Delusions

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Environment is controlling them

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Reference Delusions

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Environment has a special connection to them

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Persecutory Delusions

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Followed/Plotted against

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Somatic Delusions

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False beliefs about bodies

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Thought Broadcasting Delusions

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Believe they can hear other people’s thoughts

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Thought Insertion Delusions

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Thoughts being put into their head

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Word Salad

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Words are randomly thrown together

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Clanging

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Repeat a word because they like the sound, not meaning

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Neologisms

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New words latched on to

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Alogia

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Little or no speech

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Hyper-metaphorical

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Over generalizations, latch on to a metaphor

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Echolalia

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Mimicing

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Etiology of Schizophrenia

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Heredity, Neurochemistry, Neuroanatomy, Neurobehavioral markers, Environmental Factors, Psychosocial, Family, Culture, SES, Trauma

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Heredity- Schizophrenia

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1st degree relatives have a 10x greater risk, Twin studies showed that 50% of twins have no signs when their twin has schizophrenia

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Neurochemistry- Schizophrenia

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Larger amount of dopamine

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Neuroanatomy- Schizophrenia

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Enlarged brain ventricles, cerebral atrophy, smaller brain, smaller thalamus and hippocampus

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Neurobehavioral Markers- Schizophrenia

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Impaired reaction time, attention deficit, short term memory deficit, problems with smooth eye pursuit

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Environmental Factors- Schizophrenia

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In utero Infection, Herpes simplex in 3rd trimester, Obstetric Complications- High Blood Pressure, Severe viral or bacterial infection in childhood

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Psychosocial Factors- Schizophrenia

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Freud- over protective mothers, Bowen- anxious parents

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Family Factors- Schizophrenia

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Lidz- when families have something horrible happen in their family and act like nothing is wrong, Brown- hostile families cause relapse 2x than normal

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Cultural Factors- Schizophrenia

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Happens in all cultures, Delusions differ by culture, US has most negative

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SES Factors- Schizophrenia

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Low SES more prevalent, Urban is more prevalent than rural

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Trauma Factors- Schizophrenia

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Read- 50% had history of physical or sexual abuse. Dose effect- the greater the trauma, the greater the side effects, strong relationship between trauma and schizophrenia

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Biological Treatment- Schizophrenia

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50% relapse rate, side effects are a big issue, Thorazine, Chlorpromazine, Phenothiazines, Clozapine, Psychotherapy not shone to be effective, can cause sexual dysfunction

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Clozapine

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Latest drug in schizophrenia treatment, shone to be the most effective

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Tardive Dykenesia

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Side effect of drugs, shuffling, fine motor problems

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Thorazine

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Dopamine blocker, 1st med of choice for schizophrenia

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Chlorpromazine

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60% showed improvements for schizophrenia

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Phenothiazines

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Limited range of success with schizophrenia

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Family Therapy and Schizophrenia

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Expressed emotion of when a person comes out of treatment, 9 months, educational therapy, decreases hospitalization

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CBT and Schizophrenia

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Teaches social skills, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive skills

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Schizoaffective Disorder

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Symptoms of Schizophrenia and mood disorder, more common in females

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Delusional Disorder

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Can be functional with false beliefs, lasts about a month, Uncommon and under-diagnosed.

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Shared Delusional Disorder

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Two people sharing in a delusion that feed off of one another.

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Melancholia

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Depression with melancholic features

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Manic Episodes

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At least 1 a week, increased energy, inflated self-esteem, very little sleep, talkative, racing thoughts, distracted, agitated, reckless behavior

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Hypomanic Episodes

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Not enough to be considered manic, No psychotic symptoms, frequently followed by depression, 15% eventually turn manic.

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Major Depressive Disorder

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Most common adult diagnosis, likelihood of episodes increase as episodes happen, up to 15% die of suicide.

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Disruptive Mood Regulation Disorder

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Temper outbursts, onset before age 10, at least 3x a week, irritable between outbursts, 2.5% show signs of ADD

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Endogenous Depression

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Organic depression, something from inside the self.

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Exogenous Depression

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Depression from environmental factors

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Attribution styles to depression

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Internal/External locus of control (Rotter), Stable/Unstable, Global/Specific

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Learned Helplessness

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Seligman, created learned helplessness by testing rats with an electric floor, can be created by parents creating unrealistically high standards for children

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Psychoanalytic View of Depression

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Aggression turned inward

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Bipolar I

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Formerly called Manic Depression, equal in genders, most have a major depressive episode, 4 per year on average, some self-medicate

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Bipolar II

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Hypomanic, major depressive episode is necessary, more common in males, 40% spend more time in depressive state

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Triple Column Technique

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A CBT technique that uses the irrational self talk, rational self talk, and all or nothing talk to compare self-talk. Beck

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Development of Substance Abuse

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The faster acting the substance, the greater the risk of dependance, Nicotine was the leading cause of preventable deaths

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Tolerance

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The need for greater and greater doses to get desired effect.

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Withdrawal

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Stopped or reduced use of a substance that may cause significant symptoms

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Substance Intoxication

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Dosage varies with substance, usually requires dosage over the safe amount, if you expect you will receive a substance, you’ll use more, tolerance becomes an issue with needing more and more each use.

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Nicotine Use

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Nicotine is the number 1 cause for preventable deaths. Can cause things such as lung cancer, throat cancer, etc.

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Jellineks Stages of Alcoholism

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Pre-alcoholic, Early alcoholic, Middle alcoholic, Late alcoholic

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Pre-alcoholic stage

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Frequent drinking to reduce stress, social drinking, control over drinking behavior

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Early Alcoholic Stage

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Begins with first blackout, sneaking drinks, avoids reference to drinking, gulping drinks

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Middle Alcoholic Stage

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Impossible to stop after one drink, chain drinking, life revolves around alcohol

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Late Alcoholic Stage

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All day drinking, severe liver damage, ethical deterioration, physical dependance.

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Impact of Continued Alcohol Use

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Physical, emotional, relationship issues

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Cannabis Use

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Most widely used illegal drug, 5% use, can cause intoxication, delirium, psychotic and induced anxiety disorders.

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Cocaine Use

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Bring a euphoric effect, causes serious dependance and withdrawal, can cause sudden death, Can cause mood disorder, psychosis, and sexual dysfunction

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PCP Use

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Can cause psychosis, mood, anxiety, and delirium

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Amphetamines

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Can cause paranoia and hallucinations, withdrawal mirrors depressive episodes, long term brain injury and sexual dysfunction.

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Agonist

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A chemical that binds to a receptor and activates it to reduce a response.

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Antagonist

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Block the receptors of natural agonist drugs.

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12 Step Programs

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Run by disease model, involves peers becoming leaders and mentors, must be abstinent from substance.

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