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| factors effecting CNS and its balance |
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Definition
| heredity, environment and use of psychoactive drugs |
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| percentage of schizophrenics that have substance abuse |
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Definition
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| percent of drug abusers and alcoholics respectively that also have at least one concurrent mental illness |
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Definition
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| percent of cocaine abusers has a diagnosable mental disorder |
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| percent of marijuana abusers that have a mental disorder |
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| prevalence of mental disorder and addictive disorder in the prison population |
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| chronic use of a drug that results in a physiologic adaptation and its discontinuation that results in a withdrawal syndrome |
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| progressive decrease in the effectiveness of a drug through a physiological adaptation of the body |
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| defining the MICA patient (mentally ill and chemically affected) |
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Definition
| a person having both substance abuse/ dependence problem and a diagnosable, significant, psychiatric problem |
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| psychiatric disorders most commonly seen in combo with drug abuse |
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Definition
| major depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder |
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| Use of a mood-altering substance to the level of intoxication in an intermittent or repetitive way |
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| drug addiction or dependence |
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Definition
| Is the continued or compulsive use of a psychoactive substance despite adverse consequences and constitutes the focus of the user’s life |
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Definition
| panic disorder with/without agoraphobia, OCD, PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, phobias |
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| Alcohol, Steroids, Nicotine products, Marijuana, Stimulants (caffeine, cocaine, amphetamine products), Opiates, Hallucinogens (LSD, PCP, Ecstasy, ketamine), Spice, Bath Salts |
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| types of MICA; person using psychoactive drugs |
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Definition
| there might be a psychiatric problem that has not yet fully developed |
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| types of MICA; person using psychoactive drugs and the drug itself or withdrawal |
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Definition
| causes a temporary psychosis or an apparent mental illness |
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| types of MICA; person who has no pre-existing problem |
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Definition
| but develops a psychiatric problem as a result of many years of abuse (altered brain chemestry |
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Definition
| patient must be treated for both disorders simultaneously |
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| problems of treating dual diagnosed patient |
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Definition
| starting treatment, impaired cognition, developmental arrest |
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Term
| detox: impatient treatment for 30 to 180 days |
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Definition
| stabilize target symptoms with medications, monitor for other symptoms which might emerge, allow brain biochemistry to stabilize and ensure proper nutrition |
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| detox: history is critical |
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Definition
| sequence development of symptoms and disorder and emergence of symptoms during detox |
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| benefit/ risk ratio for detox |
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Definition
| Will failure to treat (medicate) symptom (s) underlying pathology lead to relapse and Will treating a particular symptom with a specific medication lead to relapse |
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Definition
| each patient has own unique neurochemistry, must teach to understand optimum feeling with medication |
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Term
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Definition
| understanding necessity for compliance. depot injections may be an option, discuss options for pill boxes, self recording etc. |
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Definition
| must track meds and how they are feeling; good for targeting symptoms, stressors and side effects |
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Term
| treatment options (best results for all treatment options to be utilized) |
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Definition
| pharmacotherapy, group therapy, AA and other supportive groups, and psychotherapy |
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| treating a 3 legged stool |
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Definition
| mental illness, substance abuse/ dependence issue, axis II diagnosis (personality disorders) |
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Definition
| antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, dependent |
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| 69% of cocaine seized by DEA |
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Definition
| DEA found to be laces with levamisole (veterinary antiparasitic agent) |
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Term
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Definition
| used to lace cocaine; Metabolized to aminorex (mimics serotonin); Thought to enhance effects of CNS and prolong cocaine euphoria; has many toxic side effects |
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