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| A state in which an organism only functions normally in the presence of a substance, experiencing physical disturbance when the substance is removed. can be dependent on a substance without being addicted, but dependence sometimes leads to addiction |
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| The most severe form of substance use disorder, associated with compulsive or uncontrolled use of one or more substances. Addiction is a chronic brain disease that has the potential for both recurrence (relapse) and recovery. |
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| Any substance (other than food) that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat, or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Drugs can also affect how the brain and the rest of the body work and cause changes in mood, awareness, thoughts, feelings, or behavior. |
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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 and chronic substance use disorders can, with help, overcome their substance use disorder and regain health and social function. This is called remission. When those positive changes and values become part of a voluntarily adopted lifestyle, that is called “being in recovery”. Although abstinence from all substance misuse is a cardinal feature of a recovery lifestyle, it is not the only healthy, pro-social feature. |
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| an organized array of services and interventions with a primary focus on treating substance abuse disorders |
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| work to educate and support individuals and communities to prevent the use and misuse of drugs and the development of substance use disorders |
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| A state of being drugged or poisoned; results from abuse of alcohol, barbiturates, toxic drugs, etc. |
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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, most often psychomotor, that is, having emotional and physical components. can be caused by anxiety, overstimulation, or withdrawal from depressants and stimulants. |
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| consists of 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, disabilities, and strengths. typically involves a clinical examination of the functioning and well-being of the client and includes a number of tests and written and oral exercises. |
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| One’s use of a drug not specifically recommended or prescribed when there are more practical alternatives; when drug use puts a user or others in danger |
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| a period of amnesia or memory loss, typically caused by chronic, high-dose substance abuse. The person later cannot remember the period. most often caused by sedative-hypnotics such as alcohol and the benzodiazepines. |
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| an ability, capacity, skill, or set of skills. |
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| refers to co-occurring substance use (abuse or dependence) and mental disorders |
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| A mind- and behavior-altering substance |
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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 effect 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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| The body’s physiologic adaptation to a substance |
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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 ethnic/racial group. Also includes an ability to examine and understand nuances and exercise full cultural empathy. |
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| Occurs when one’s tolerance for one drug results in their lessened response to another |
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| A theory of alcoholism that considers the addiction a disease rather than a social or psychological issue. |
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| The age at which one’s addictive behavior began; an important factor in addiction assessment |
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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. The medical and biopsychosocial procedure that assists a person who is dependent on one or more substances to withdraw from dependence on all substances of abuse. |
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| ensures that both mental illness and substance abuse problems are sufficiently understood by all participating providers to allow effective identification, engagement, prevention, and early intervention. |
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| One’s compulsion to use a psychologically based drug for pleasure; may lead to drug misuse |
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| Blood alcohol level/concentration |
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| The concentration level of alcohol in the bloodstream (expressed as a percentage by weight) |
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| an approach to recovery from substance use disorders that emphasizes personal responsibility, self-management, and clients' helping one another. Such programs apply a broad spectrum of personal responsibility and peer support principles, usually including 12-Step methods that prescribe a planned regimen of change. |
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| A medical term meaning that major disease symptoms are eliminated or diminished below a pre-determined, harmful level. |
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| The action taken when one’s usual coping resources pose a threat to individual or family functioning |
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| approaches that actively seek out persons in a community who may have substance use disorders and engage them in substance abuse treatment. |
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| Scientifically validated treatment approaches |
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| involving a person's psychological well-being, as well as housing, employment, family, and other social aspects of life circumstances. |
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| A family member’s or friend’s suffering that is the result of the side effects of one’s addiction; it occurs when one takes responsibility for another’s actions and helps that person avoid facing his or her problems directly to maintain the relationship |
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| Combined reactions or behaviors that result from the abrupt cessation of a drug one is dependent on |
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| a process for facilitating client/consumer access to specialized treatments and services through linkage with, or directing clients/consumers to, agencies that can meet their needs. For COD, frequently made for detoxification, assessment, special treatment, and medications |
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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.does not necessarily identify what kind of problem the person might have or how serious it might be but determines whether further assessment is warranted. |
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| The chemical and physical reactions carried out by the body to prepare for a drug’s execution |
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refers to the 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.
should be available, as necessary, through both mental health and substance abuse treatment systems |
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| A drug that produces sleep/drowsiness and that also relieves pain while being potentially dependence producing |
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| a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by a need for increasing amounts of the substance to achieve intoxication, markedly diminished effect of the substance with continued use, the need to continue to take the substance in order to avoid withdrawal symptoms, and other serious behavioral effects, occurring at any time in the same 12-month period. |
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