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| substance -related disorder 1 |
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| 1.Psychological dependence is a compulsion to continue taking a drug despite adverse consequences. |
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| substance -related disorder 2 |
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| 1.Physical dependence is characterized by the onset of withdrawal symptoms upon the abrupt discontinuance of the drug's use. |
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| substance -related disorder 3 |
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| 1.Tolerance is the diminishing effectiveness of the drug that requires increasing dosage to achieve the same effect. |
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| signs of alcohol dependence and intoxication include slurred speed, lack of coordination, unsteady gait, nystagmus, memory impairment, lack of focus, stupor or coma. It is also associated w/ depression, as a cause or consequence. |
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| are central nervous system stimulants, taken orally or intravenously. Benexadrine and metaphetamine( speed) are examples. Behavior changes associated amphetamine dependence include anger, tension, anxiety, impaired judgement, social isolation, and an inability to enjoy previously prleasurable pastimes. Physical symptoms include tachycardia, bradycardia, pupillary dilation, nausea, muscle weakness, and elevated or low blood pressure. |
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| ncludes all substances whose psychoactive properties derive from cannabis including hashish, maurijuana, and purified THC. Behavioral and physical signs are: euphoria, sensation of slowed time, impaired motor coordination, anxiety, social withdrawal, impaired memory or judgement, increased appetite, dry mouth tachycardia, and paranoia. |
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| 1.Cocaine – is a stimulant that produces euphoria, vasoconstriction, tachycardia, and hypertension. Cocaine intoxication has unpleasant aftereffects which include anxiety, depression, and fatigue. The most common forms of cocaine in the US are cocaine hydrochloride powder ( an inhalant) and the alkaloid of cocaine mixed w/ ether, ammonia, r baking soda called freebase or crack when smoked. |
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| (LSD)lysergic acid diethylamide, mescaline (peyote), and phencyclidine (PCP) are examples. These drugs produce hallucinations, CNS excitement, delusions, hypertension, and mood changes. |
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| a group of drugs that includes: heroin, morphine, and synthetic morphine-analogs like codeine. These compounds are prescribed as analgesics, anesthetics or cough suppressants. Typical signs of opoid intxication are constricted pupils, euphoria, slowness in movement, and slurred speech. Overdose effects are slow & shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and possible death. |
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| Sedatives, hypnotics, or anxiolytics |
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| are drugs that have a soothing , relaxing euphoric effect, and can also induce sleep. Barbituates, and benzodiazepines, examples. Slurred speech and disorientation are symptoms of sedative intoxication; overdose effects are shallow breathing, cold 7 clammy skin, dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, coma and even death. |
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| varying degrees of uneasiness, apprehension, or dread often accompanied by palpitations, tightness in the chest, breathlessness, and choking sensations. |
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| absence of emotions and lack of interest or emotional involvement. |
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| thinking is internally stimulated, and ideas have a private meaning. Fantasy life may be thought of as reality, often a symptom of schizophrenia. |
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| an uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly. |
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| anxiety becomes a bodily symptom, such as blindness, deafness, or paralysis, that does not have an organic basis. |
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| a fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence. |
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| uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object, and redirected toward a secondary object of behavior pattern to avoid mental distress. |
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| sadness, despair, a depressive mood. |
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| an exaggerated feeling of well-being. |
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| A false or unreal sensory perception such as hearing voices that are not present. |
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| cognitive behavior therapy |
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| CBT - conditioning is used to treat phobias and other disorders. The affected person learns how certain thinking patterns can cause symptoms, creating anxiety, depression or anger for no good reason. |
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| The treatment of the entire family can help the members to resolve and understand their conflicts and problems. |
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| In a group woth a health professional as a neutral moderator, patients with similar problems gain insight into their own personalities through discussions and interactions with each other. |
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| A trance ( a state of altered consciousness) is induced to increase the speed of psychotherapy or to help recovery of deeply repressed memories. |
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| insight-oriented psychotherapy |
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| face-to face discussion of life problems and associated feelings. |
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| A form of therapy where a child uses toys to express conflicts and feelings that he or she may be unable to communicate in a direct manner. |
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| An intense,longterm form of therapy where unconscious emotions are brought to the surface to influence behavior, and resolve internal conflicts. Transference, free association and dream interpretation are psychoanalytic techniques. |
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| A form of therapy used to help individuals overcome sexual dysfunctions such as frigidity, premature ejaculation, and impotence. |
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| The therapist offers encouragement, support, and hope to patients facing difficult life transitions, and events. |
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| Electroconvulsive therapy |
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| ECT - an electric current is applied to the brain while patient is anesthetized. The current produces changes in brainwave pattens that result in convulsions, and loss of consciousness; used to treat severe depression. |
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| Characteristics of x-rays |
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1. they travel in straight lines, which allows the formation of precise shadow images on x-ray plates, and allows for precise direction in radiotherapy.
2. Ability to cause exposure of a photographic plate.
Ability to penetrate different substances to varying degrees.
3. Invisibility - cannot be detected by sight, sound or touch, and workers must wear a filmbadge to monitor exposure.
5. Scattering of radiation - greater scatter with dense material less scatter with radiolucent mat'l.
6.Ionization -x-rays ionize things they pass thru; can help kill cancer cells but also affects normal cells and can cause cancer in high doses. |
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| posteroanterior view - x-rays travel from back to the front of body from posteriorly placed source. |
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| anteroposterior view - x-rays travel from a anteriorly placed source to a posteriorly placed detector. |
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| x-ray position: Lateral view |
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left lateral - x-rays travel from a source on the right-side of body thru to a detector on the left side.
right lateral - x-ray source on the left side thru to detector on the right side. |
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| x-rays travel in a slanting direction at an angle from the perpendicular plane. |
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| movement away from the midline of the body. |
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| movement toward the midline of the body. |
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| ante cibum - before meals |
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| bis in die - two times a day |
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| food and drug administration |
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| directions - how to take medication |
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| lysergic acid diethylamide - a hallucinogen |
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| mental age - as determined by psychological tests |
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| seasonal affective disorder |
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| computed axial tomography |
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| magnetic resonance imaging |
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| upper gastrointestinal tract |
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| drug action in which the combination of two similar drugs is equal to the sum of the effects of each. |
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| factors in the patients condition that prevent the use of a particular drug or treatment. |
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| unexpected effect produced in a particularly sensitive individual but not in seen in most patients. |
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| study of new drug synthesis; andrelationships betwee chemical structure and biological effects. |
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| study of the effects & strength of a drug within the body. |
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| Physician's desk reference |
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| PDR- a reference book that lists drug products. |
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| adverse reaction that routinely results from the use of a drug. |
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| - harmful effects of a drug. |
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| substance found in foods and essentialto the body in small quantities for good health and growth. |
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| chemical substance produced by a plant or microorganism that has the ability too inhibit or destroy a foreign organism in the body. |
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| relieves symptoms of depression. |
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| prevents nausea & vomiting. |
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| pertaining to conditioning of the heart. |
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| external expression of emotion or an emotional response |
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| mood disorder with alternating periods of mania & depression. |
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| eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging, vomiting and depression. |
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| central coordination branch of the personality or mind. |
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| major unconscious part of the personality; energy from instinctual drives & desires. |
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| abnormal condition of sexual attraction |
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| a psychological disorder marked by loss of contact with reality. |
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| obsessive preoccupation to steal |
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| abnormal condition of a fear of strangers |
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| an abnormal condition marked by alternating perios of hypomania, and depression. |
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| the active substance in marijuana |
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| parenteral administration |
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| the use of a syringe to inject a drug |
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| intracavitary instillation |
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| injection into a body cavity, such as the peritoneal or pleural cavity. |
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| a shallow injection is made into the upper layers of the skin and is chiefly used to test for allergic reactions. |
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| for when a large volume of solution is administered or when irritatin to the skin - usually made to the buttock or upper arm muscle. |
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| hypodermic ( sc) usu. upper arm upp. thigh or abdomen. |
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| an instillation into the space under the meninges of the spinal cprd and brain. |
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| IV - an injection directly into the vein. |
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