chapter 18 addictive disorders

Question 1

addiction

Answer 1

it is characterized by

1-loss of control of substance consumption

2-substance use despite associated problems

3-tendency to relapse

Question 2

Al-Anon

Answer 2

self-help groupsthat offer support and guidance for adults

Question 3

12-step program

Answer 3

3 basic concepts are fundamental to all 12-step programs e.g. AA

1- individuals with addictive disorders are powerless over their addcition and their lives are unmanageable

2- although individuals with addicitive disorders are not responsible for their disease, they are responsible for their recovery

3- individuals can no longer blame people, places, and things for thir addiction; they must face their problems and their feelings

Question 4

blood alcohol level BAL

Answer 4

• 0.05mg% 1-2drinks changes in mood and behavior, impaired judgment
• 0.10 mg% 5-6drinks, clumsiness in voluntary motor activity, lgal level of intoxication in most states
• 0.20 mg% 10-12 drinks depressed fx of entire motor area of the brain
• 0.30mg% 15-18drinks, confusion, stupor
• 0.40mg% 20-24drinks, coma
• 0.50mg% 25-30drinks, death due to respiratory depression

Question 5

co-ocurring disorders

Answer 5

include the combination of major depression with cocaine addiction, alcoholism with generalized anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder with episodic polydrug abuse

Question 6

flashbacks

Answer 6

transitory recurrences of perceptual disturbance caused by a person’s earlier hallucinogenic drug use when he/she is ina drug-free state

Question 7

theraputic communities

Answer 7

residential treatment programs; synanon, phoenix house, odyssey house