Key Terms
- abuse deterrence
- a drug designed to reduce the ability to abuse a substance
- addiction
- uncontrolled use of a substance or behavior despite known harms
- cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- talk therapy designed to evaluate and change thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
- delirium tremens
- a psychotic state that occurs during alcohol withdrawal, causing tremors, hallucinations, anxiety, and confusion
- direct observed therapy
- treatment in which clients receive medication directly from health care providers who observe them taking it
- downregulated
- when a response to a stimulus is reduced or suppressed
- intoxication
- the substance-specific physiologic effects that occur after exposure to a psychoactive substance
- physical dependence
- the homeostatic adaptation that occurs when the body is exposed to substances over a prolonged period
- psychological dependence
- the cognitive and behavioral adaptations that occur when the body is exposed to substances chronically
- substance use disorder (SUD)
- patterns of symptoms caused by using a substance that an individual continues taking despite negative effects
- tolerance
- the decrease in response to a drug after continuous use
- withdrawal
- physiologic and psychological consequences of discontinuation or reversal of a substance