Substance Use Disorders - Basketball Diaries Flashcards
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Substance Use Disorder
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- maladaptive pattern of behaviors that are related to a continued use of drugs
- previously referred to as substance dependence and addiction depending on level of severity
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Substance Induced Disorder
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- problems arising from impact of taking a drug (intoxication) or discontinuing its repeated use (withdrawal)
- manual has 10 classes of drugs that can lead to substance related disorders
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Tolerance
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The process through which the nervous system becomes less sensitive to the effects of drugs
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Metabolic Tolerance
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• body becomes adapted to the drug
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Pharmacodynamic Tolerance
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• changes in receptor binding due to drug use
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Behavioral Tolerance
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• resistance to the behavioral effects of a drug
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Conditioned Place Preference
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- when an individual does drugs in one place, he associated the location with drugs
- body prepares for the drug when in the location
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Withdrawal
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- symptoms experienced when a person stops using a drug (alcohol withdrawal delirium)
- cold turkey
- rapid
- medical assisted
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Cold Turkey
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- stopping suddenly
- could be dangerous, causing seizures and heart attacks
- if relapse does occur, tolerance has been lost so overdose can happen
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Rapid Withdrawal
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- involves detoxing while under anesthesia to avoid withdrawal symptoms
- happens over 4-6 hours
- opioid antagonist drugs like naltrexone are used to remove the drug from the system
- does not help brain addiction
- many patients go home with nausea, strong cravings, and pain for days
- in some cases causes death
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Medical Assisted Withdrawal
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- where medical professionals monitor the withdrawal
* helps withdrawal symptoms not be as bad when the patient is released
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Symptoms of Heroin Use
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- state of dreamlike euphoria, accompanied by increased sensitivity in hearing and vision
- positive mood effects (dont last, replaced by negative mood)
- can induce nausea and vomiting among novice users
- constructs the pupils of the eye, and disrupt the coordination of the digestive system
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Long Term Effects of Heroin Use
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- chronically lethargic, losing motivation to remain productive
- tolerance develops quickly
- reduced sex drive, infertility
- death in high doses over time
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Reasons of Addiction
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- making up for a lack of personal relationships
- boredom causes addictive behavior
- stimulation of the reward pathways in the brain
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Reward Pathway
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- nucleus accumbens
- ventral tegmental area
- medial forebrain bundle
