el-Guebaly - University of Calgary
... PRESENTING COMPLAINT: GAMBLING (last 3 yrs): - progressive increase in VLT use - currently gambles ~ once/week, 8-10 hours/session, spending 3-600$ each time - last month, stole husband’s bank card: worried! - reported being given the “run-around” when seeking help & no follow-up ...
... PRESENTING COMPLAINT: GAMBLING (last 3 yrs): - progressive increase in VLT use - currently gambles ~ once/week, 8-10 hours/session, spending 3-600$ each time - last month, stole husband’s bank card: worried! - reported being given the “run-around” when seeking help & no follow-up ...
Chapter 1 – PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS
... difficulties, and hallucinations, antianxiety drugs inhibit anxiety-producing thoughts. D. COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS (1.5) Behaviors such as eating disorders, compulsive gambling, sexual compulsion, Internet addiction, and compulsive shopping affect many of the same areas of the brain that are affected b ...
... difficulties, and hallucinations, antianxiety drugs inhibit anxiety-producing thoughts. D. COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS (1.5) Behaviors such as eating disorders, compulsive gambling, sexual compulsion, Internet addiction, and compulsive shopping affect many of the same areas of the brain that are affected b ...
Neurotransmitters
... Low-dose amphetamines can be used as an adjunct in the treatment of depression, especially in patients with medical compromise, lethargy, hypersomnia, low energy, or decreased ...
... Low-dose amphetamines can be used as an adjunct in the treatment of depression, especially in patients with medical compromise, lethargy, hypersomnia, low energy, or decreased ...
reward and reinforcement i
... behavior, and for getting their basic needs attended to. For example, they respond differentially to substances with different tastes. The initial taste of sweet results in a facial expression appearing markedly more positive than other expressions. Other studies demonstrate that sweet is associated ...
... behavior, and for getting their basic needs attended to. For example, they respond differentially to substances with different tastes. The initial taste of sweet results in a facial expression appearing markedly more positive than other expressions. Other studies demonstrate that sweet is associated ...
Desired Outcomes - Elizabeth Boeve
... Nurses Roles in Substance Abuse Intervention School Nurses • Are at the forefront and are able to read the complex issue of drug abuse among youth. • As the number one health care professional inside the school facility, the school nurse is in a position to give community-based information in a c ...
... Nurses Roles in Substance Abuse Intervention School Nurses • Are at the forefront and are able to read the complex issue of drug abuse among youth. • As the number one health care professional inside the school facility, the school nurse is in a position to give community-based information in a c ...
CNS Stimulants - AODAConnection
... Ritalin: used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sometimes depression Cocaine: constricts blood vessels, which allows it to control the flow of blood and is used sometimes during mouth, nose, or eye surgery. Also a local anesthetic. ...
... Ritalin: used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sometimes depression Cocaine: constricts blood vessels, which allows it to control the flow of blood and is used sometimes during mouth, nose, or eye surgery. Also a local anesthetic. ...
Prenatal Drug Exposure: Behavioral Functioning in Late Childhood and Adolescence
... a partial followup of an earlier Houston sample of infants who had been prenatally exposed to opiates. This sample included fairly equal representations of African-American, Hispanic, and English-speaking white children. The followup study was conducted with limited resources, and the sample include ...
... a partial followup of an earlier Houston sample of infants who had been prenatally exposed to opiates. This sample included fairly equal representations of African-American, Hispanic, and English-speaking white children. The followup study was conducted with limited resources, and the sample include ...
Addiction to Food and Brain Reward Systems
... overeating has been characterized as an addiction and most likely arises from a combination of abnormal cognitive and neuroendocrine processes. Although emotional states have been shown to mediate reward processing, the implications for hunger mediating reward have not been fully elucidated. In this ...
... overeating has been characterized as an addiction and most likely arises from a combination of abnormal cognitive and neuroendocrine processes. Although emotional states have been shown to mediate reward processing, the implications for hunger mediating reward have not been fully elucidated. In this ...
Mental and Emotional Health
... ◦ A person’s belief that he or she is not worthy and does not deserve respect ...
... ◦ A person’s belief that he or she is not worthy and does not deserve respect ...
sample syllabus
... provides service in some area of addictions, whether it is in education, prevention, or treatment. An arrangement with the Flagship Program of the Missoula School District has been made to accommodate all students enrolled in the course to work with elementary or middle school aged youth. A represen ...
... provides service in some area of addictions, whether it is in education, prevention, or treatment. An arrangement with the Flagship Program of the Missoula School District has been made to accommodate all students enrolled in the course to work with elementary or middle school aged youth. A represen ...
Slide 1
... channels directly through their βγ subunits. Protein kinase transduction pathways also affect the activities of transcription factors. Some of these factors, like cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB), are regulated posttranslationally by phosphorylation; othe ...
... channels directly through their βγ subunits. Protein kinase transduction pathways also affect the activities of transcription factors. Some of these factors, like cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB), are regulated posttranslationally by phosphorylation; othe ...
INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND MODEL
... complex behavioral and psychological needs. These needs can be severe and compromise their medical treatment and their ability to function autonomously in least restrictive settings. For example, a child with a neurological disease may suddenly develop aggression, paranoia, apathy, extreme emotional ...
... complex behavioral and psychological needs. These needs can be severe and compromise their medical treatment and their ability to function autonomously in least restrictive settings. For example, a child with a neurological disease may suddenly develop aggression, paranoia, apathy, extreme emotional ...
Lesson 9 Review Packet
... A support group can help by developing a better sense of self, learning to share feelings, learning to stay focused on solving one’s own problems, allowing other people to be responsible for their own lives, and using honest talk to confront people with ...
... A support group can help by developing a better sense of self, learning to share feelings, learning to stay focused on solving one’s own problems, allowing other people to be responsible for their own lives, and using honest talk to confront people with ...
Lesson 9 "Developing a Healthy Mind"
... – A disorder in which a person has persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images and engages in certain rituals. • Disturbing thoughts are called obsessions. • Rituals performed are called compulsions. • Rituals relieve anxiety temporarily, but do not cause pleasure. • People with this disorder spend lar ...
... – A disorder in which a person has persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images and engages in certain rituals. • Disturbing thoughts are called obsessions. • Rituals performed are called compulsions. • Rituals relieve anxiety temporarily, but do not cause pleasure. • People with this disorder spend lar ...
Social defeat stress, sensitization, and intravenous cocaine self
... between behavioral sensitization induced by social defeat or amphetamine, and intravenous cocaine self-administration ...
... between behavioral sensitization induced by social defeat or amphetamine, and intravenous cocaine self-administration ...
张世红_精神药物与成瘾控制
... training. Later, he was heard speaking to himself as he sat isolated in his room, mumbling and smiling. Then he confided to his roommate that he had uncovered a grand conspiracy to rob him of his athletic abilities and that he could hear the conspirator’s voices as they planed to destroy him. Finall ...
... training. Later, he was heard speaking to himself as he sat isolated in his room, mumbling and smiling. Then he confided to his roommate that he had uncovered a grand conspiracy to rob him of his athletic abilities and that he could hear the conspirator’s voices as they planed to destroy him. Finall ...
The Basics Of Addiction Counseling
... She reports that her marriage is stable, but they fight a lot about her drinking; she does not feel she is adequately providing for her children and wishes she could be a better mother. She reports that she drinks between 12 to 24 beers everyday for the past two years; she acknowledges that her drin ...
... She reports that her marriage is stable, but they fight a lot about her drinking; she does not feel she is adequately providing for her children and wishes she could be a better mother. She reports that she drinks between 12 to 24 beers everyday for the past two years; she acknowledges that her drin ...
The Neurobiology of Opioid Dependence
... weeks after opioid use stops. The abnormalities that produce addiction, however, are more wide-ranging, complex, and long-lasting. They may involve an interac tion of environmental effects—for example, stress, the social context of initial opi ate use, and psychological conditioning—and a genetic ...
... weeks after opioid use stops. The abnormalities that produce addiction, however, are more wide-ranging, complex, and long-lasting. They may involve an interac tion of environmental effects—for example, stress, the social context of initial opi ate use, and psychological conditioning—and a genetic ...
1 Accommodating Mental Illness and Addictions at Work Balancing
... 1955). Stress is not a bad thing. It is essential to health and results in healing, growth, improvement and survival from a wide variety of pathogens and other threats to life. People complaining of chronic stress are often simply being given the message in the form of unpleasant negative emotional ...
... 1955). Stress is not a bad thing. It is essential to health and results in healing, growth, improvement and survival from a wide variety of pathogens and other threats to life. People complaining of chronic stress are often simply being given the message in the form of unpleasant negative emotional ...
The Dark Side of Product Attachment: An fMRI Study of Reactivity of
... shown that this response may result in increased attentional bias and increased arousal (Bradley et al. 2004; Drobes 2002; Johnsen et al. 1997; Mogg and Bradley 2002; Munafo et al. 2003). However other studies have found that addictive product users, when exposed to these cues, may have an ability ...
... shown that this response may result in increased attentional bias and increased arousal (Bradley et al. 2004; Drobes 2002; Johnsen et al. 1997; Mogg and Bradley 2002; Munafo et al. 2003). However other studies have found that addictive product users, when exposed to these cues, may have an ability ...
Providing primary care to patients with alcohol and drug
... The same (or a closely related) substance is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms. (3) The substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended. (4) There is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control substance use. (5) A great deal of ...
... The same (or a closely related) substance is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms. (3) The substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended. (4) There is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control substance use. (5) A great deal of ...
An Introduction to the Disease of Addiction
... The addict numbs to avoid emotionally experiencing the consequences of their illness. Dreaming is suppressed and further meaning-extraction does not occur, rending the organism susceptible to continued use and relapse. To stimulate the release of endorphins and dopamine, the addict re-enacts addicti ...
... The addict numbs to avoid emotionally experiencing the consequences of their illness. Dreaming is suppressed and further meaning-extraction does not occur, rending the organism susceptible to continued use and relapse. To stimulate the release of endorphins and dopamine, the addict re-enacts addicti ...
use of opioids in the treatment of chronic, non
... chronically for non-cancer pain to be both a decrease in symptoms and an improvement in functioning. High dose opioids, when chronically prescribed, have not been shown to be effective for the management of persistent, nonmalignant pain, utilizing this standard of both symptom reduction and increase ...
... chronically for non-cancer pain to be both a decrease in symptoms and an improvement in functioning. High dose opioids, when chronically prescribed, have not been shown to be effective for the management of persistent, nonmalignant pain, utilizing this standard of both symptom reduction and increase ...
Addictions Awareness Week 2003 sees Launch of
... to actively take control over their behaviours and lives,” says Dan Reist, chair of the BC Partners group and President of the Kaiser Foundation, the BC addictions charity that authored this toolkit. According to the recent mental health survey by Statistics Canada, the release of these addictions r ...
... to actively take control over their behaviours and lives,” says Dan Reist, chair of the BC Partners group and President of the Kaiser Foundation, the BC addictions charity that authored this toolkit. According to the recent mental health survey by Statistics Canada, the release of these addictions r ...