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| The use of drugs or alcohol that continues even when significant problems related to their use have developed |
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| Physical dependence on a substance of abuse. Inability to cease use of a substance without experiencing withdrawal symptoms. |
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| A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when introduced to the body |
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| A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. Even individuals with severe or chronic substance use disorders can, with help, overcome their substance use disorder and regain health and social function. |
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| Organized array of services and interventions with a primary focus on treating substance abuse disorders |
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| A proactive process which empowers individuals and systems to meet the challenges of life events and transitions by creating and reinforcing healthy behavior and lifestyles by reducing risks contributing to substance misuse. |
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| The condition of having physical or mental control markedly diminished by the effects of alcohol or drugs |
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| Mentally and physically in harmony with and connected to the culture in which one lives |
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| A restless inability to keep still |
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| Gathering key information and engaging in a process with the client that enables the counselor to understand the client's readiness for change, problem areas, COD diagnosis, disability, and strengths |
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| A relapsing and remitting condition often involving numerous treatment episodes over several years |
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| A period of amnesia or memory loss, typically caused by chronic, high-dose substance abuse |
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| An ability, capacity, skill, or set of skills |
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| refers to co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. Having one or more disorders. |
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| Substances that, when taken in or administered into one's system, affect mental processes |
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| Alteration of the body's responsiveness to alcohol or a drug such that higher doses are required to produce the same affect achieved during initial use |
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| The feelings, reactions, biases, and images from the past that the clinician may project onto the client with COD |
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| When the body requires a specific dose of a particular drug to prevent withdraw symptoms |
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| The capacity of a service provider or an organization to understand and work effectively in accordance with the cultural beliefs and practices of persons from a given racial/ethnic group |
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| Resistance to the effects of a substance abuse of exposure to a pharmacologically similar substance |
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| Describes an addiction as a disease with biological, neurological, genetic, and environmental sources of origin |
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| The age where an individual acquires, develops, or first experiences a condition or symptoms of a disease or disorder |
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| Culturally Competent Treatment |
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| Biopsychosocial or other treatment that is adapted to suit the special cultural beliefs, practices, and needs of a client |
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| A clearing of toxins from the body |
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| Ensures that both mental illness and substance abuse are sufficiently understood by all participating providers to allow effective identification, engagement, prevention, and early intervention. |
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| The conditioned responses - triggered by events or feelings - that compel an individual to use a substance, such as drugs or alcohol |
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| Blood Alcohol Level / Concentration |
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| Measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes; it is expressed as mass of alcohol per volume of blood |
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| An approach to recover from SUDs that emphasizes personal responsibility, self-management, and client's helping one another |
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| A sate in which a mental or physical disorder has been overcome or a disease process halted |
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| A time-limited intervention with a specific psychotherapeutic approach to immediately stabilize individuals |
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| Approaches that actively seek out persons in a community who may have SUDs and engage them in substance abuse treatment |
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| Evidence-Based Treatments |
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| Treatment backed by scientific evidence |
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| Relating to the interaction of social factors and individual thought and behavior |
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| Excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically one who requires support on account of an illness or addiction |
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| A set of Sx that are experienced when discontinuing use of a substance to which a person has become dependent or addicted, which can include negative emotions such as stress, anxiety, or depression, as well as physical effects such as nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, and cramping among others |
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| Directing a person to a specialist for consultation, review, or further action |
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| A formal process of testing to determine whether a client warrants further attention at the current time for a particular disorder and, in this context, the possibility of a co-occurring substance or mental disorder |
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| The chemical process that occurs within a living organism to maintain life |
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| Availability and delivery of a comprehensive array of appropriate mental health and substance abuse services and interventions that are identified within a single treatment plan, coordinated by a single treatment team, and both effective and responsive to the high degree of severity of both mental illness and substance abuse experienced by the client |
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| A drug or other substance that affects mood or behavior and is consumed for nonmedical purposes |
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| Use of drugs or alcohol that continues even when significant problems related to their use have developed |
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