Why Do People Use Drugs? Flashcards
What are drugs?
A chemical substance that, when taken into the body, alters the structure or function of the body in some way.
Drugs have many benefits. True or false?
True
____________ is a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation.
Tension
The statement “I use drugs to calm down, to help me think less…” can be related to what theory?
Tension Reduction Theory
The idea that alcohol/drugs reduce tension
is an _______________.
Assumption
______________________ perceive and react to a stimulus as if it were smaller than it is.
Stimulus reducers
_________________ react to a stimulus as it is.
Stimulus moderators
_______________ react as if a stimulus is more salient than it actually is.
Stimulus augmenters
_____________ is psychological damage as a result of a distressing event, often followed by stress outside of one’s ability to cope.
Trauma
_________________ is when people use drugs to medicate for psychiatric disorders and painful emotions. (e.g. Opiates: anti-rage, Cocaine: antidepressant, ADHD, bipolar,
Cannabis: bipolar, schizophrenia)
Self-medication
The American Medial Association called alcoholism a _____________ for 3 reasons:
1. Alcoholism has a known cause
2. Symptoms get worse over time
3. Alcoholism has known outcomes
Disease
Development of addiction is a result of the influences of both _________ and _________________ factors that contribute to risk over the lifetime.
Genetic and environmental.
Sons of alcoholics are not likely to become alcoholics themselves. True or false?
False. They are 4x more likely.
The risk factor for addiction remained whether raised by biological or adopted parents. True or false?
True
There are 3 temperaments correlated with alcohol use:
_______________: cautious, apprehensive
__________________: ambitious, sympathetic, warm, sentimental, persistent, moody
___________________: impulsive, excitable, quick-tempered, fickle
Harm avoidant, Reward dependent, and Novelty seeking.
________________ and ________________ is increased in children whose parents have alcohol use disorder.
Impulsivity and Disinhibition
_________________ is to challenge oneself to improve despite setbacks, persevere through adversity.
Resilience
Pessimism in adolescence has been linked to higher Substance use Disorder occurrence in adulthood. True or false?
True
____________________ is characterized by lacking unique, worthwhile, talents and skills along with a reduced ability to prioritize, set and achieve goals, and resolve conflicts.
Poor self-concept
________________ is when you use substances to reduce tension.
Tension reduction theory
Is poor self-concept a requirement for development of addiction?
No
Substance abuse increases the chances of experiencing a traumatic event/develop PTSD. What is an example(s) of that?
Getting in a car crash, watching someone overdose, etc.
Sharing an environment with your parents can relate to whether or not you will engage in substance abuse. True or false?
True
As we grow and develop were more likely to explore substances. This is related to the ____________________.
Developmental Model
The developmental model PEACE stands for what?
Pressure, escape, availability, curiosity, and emptiness.
The psychoanalytic model was originally created by who?
Sigmund Freud
Freud’s psychoanalytic model consists of 3 points. What are they?
Drugs as power, drugs as self-destruction, and seduction and sexuality.
What was the rat park experiment?
Rats were put into a small cage with no stimulation and were freely given two bottles. One with pure water and one with morphine. The rats in that environment drank the morphine water until they died. Another version of the experiment was done where the rats lived in a “rat park” where they also had to option of both bottles but instead were given a large space with toys, running wheels, and male and female rats that could mate. The study showed that the rats consumed 19 times less morphine water than the original rats in the study.
