lecture 1

Question 1

dual diagnosis:

Answer 1

two or more illnesses (one mental heath, one substance use) that occur at the same time with no solid cause and effect relation

Question 2

dual diagnosis is also known as:

Answer 2

co-occuring disorders

Question 3

why aren’t many dual diagnosis ppl properly treated?

Answer 3

lack of affordable, evidence based programs

Question 4

common dual diagnoses:

Answer 4

ptsd and any drug use, alcohol use disorder and major depression, aud and bipolar, schizprehia and nicotine use, cocaine use and anxiety disorders

Question 5

why is aud mixed with depression dangerous?

Answer 5

leads to increased hospitilation and suicide

Question 6

nearly ___ of drug use has some effect on baby

Answer 6

all

Question 7

drugs cause what in over half of babies prenatally?

Answer 7

withdrawal

Question 8

alcohol causes withdrawal in baby as well as:

Answer 8

birth defects called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Question 9

infants with diagnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome are more likely to:

Answer 9

need special education services in preschool and elementary

Question 10

drug addiction includes:

Answer 10

loss of control, catastrophic consequences, decrease pleasure

Question 11

system involved in drug addiction:

Answer 11

dopaminergic system

Question 12

prefrontal cortex role:

Answer 12

optimizing decision making processes underlying goal directed action selection

Question 13

tests involving self control and goal directed behavior shows correlations with:

Answer 13

gray matter deficits in the prefrontal cortex

Question 14

decreases in D2 receptors are associated with:

Answer 14

decreases in prefrontal cortical activity

Question 15

what may contribute to loss of control?

Answer 15

low frontal metabolism

Question 16

less gray matter is correlated with:

Answer 16

playing bad cards aka, deficits in decision making and decreased PFC

Question 17

cocaine theme interview participants reported: (4)

Answer 17

1. increased craving for coke,
2. higher heart rates and blood pressure,
3. metabolic activity in orbiofrontal cortex increased
4. metabolic values in right insular region were correlated with self reports of cocaine craving

Question 18

memory part of brain:

Answer 18

hippocampus

Question 19

conditioned response part of brain:

Answer 19

amygdala

Question 20

craving (drug expectation) parts of brain

Answer 20

cingulate gyrus, prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex

Question 21

reward circuits at top:

Answer 21

ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens

Question 22

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