This document discusses addiction and dependence, describing characteristics like tolerance, withdrawal, and health effects. It states that nearly all addictive drugs target the brain's reward system and dopamine. Specific substances are then outlined, including nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, opioids, benzodiazepines, cocaine, and amphetamines. Nicotine activates receptors releasing dopamine. Alcohol can cause cirrhosis and social problems. Opioid withdrawal lasts 2 days to 6 weeks. Management of addiction requires treatment that is readily available, tailored, and comprehensive, including detoxification, medications, and counseling.
Reviews the uses for benzodiazepines and barbiturates, the signs of intoxication and withdrawal, impact on sports performance. Continuing Education for mental health and substance abuse counselors and therapists.
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Reviews the uses for benzodiazepines and barbiturates, the signs of intoxication and withdrawal, impact on sports performance. Continuing Education for mental health and substance abuse counselors and therapists.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
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AllCEUs has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6261. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. AllCEUs is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
AllCEUs is also approved as an education provider for NAADAC, the States of Florida and Texas Boards of Social Work and Mental Health/Professional Counseling, the California Consortium for Addiction Professionals and Professions. Our courses are accepted in most states through those approvals.
Mental health is about enhancing competencies of individuals and communities and enabling them to achieve their self-determined goals. Mental health should be a concern for all of us, rather than only for those who suffer from a mental disorder. Mental health problems affect society as a whole, and not just a small, isolated segment. They are therefore a major challenge to global development. This presentation focuses on the importance of mental health, the common substance abuse and their influence on mental health.
This presentation will review the current research around medical marijuana and discuss the issues around the recent legalization of recreational use. We will explore common clinical questions regarding marijuana use including testing and concurrent controlled substance use.
Drug addiction is basically a brain disease that changes the functioning of brain. There is an uncontrollable desire to consume drugs, as a result of which addicted people engage in compulsive behavior to take drugs.
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of the substance-related disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder Presentation given in Psychopathology II class.
Summer 2010 Argosy University San Francisco
By Lucia Merino, Psychology Doctor Candidate
Mental health is about enhancing competencies of individuals and communities and enabling them to achieve their self-determined goals. Mental health should be a concern for all of us, rather than only for those who suffer from a mental disorder. Mental health problems affect society as a whole, and not just a small, isolated segment. They are therefore a major challenge to global development. This presentation focuses on the importance of mental health, the common substance abuse and their influence on mental health.
This presentation will review the current research around medical marijuana and discuss the issues around the recent legalization of recreational use. We will explore common clinical questions regarding marijuana use including testing and concurrent controlled substance use.
Drug addiction is basically a brain disease that changes the functioning of brain. There is an uncontrollable desire to consume drugs, as a result of which addicted people engage in compulsive behavior to take drugs.
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of the substance-related disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder Presentation given in Psychopathology II class.
Summer 2010 Argosy University San Francisco
By Lucia Merino, Psychology Doctor Candidate
2. Characteristics
Preoccupation/anticipation-
constant craving & effort to obtain the substance
Binge/intoxication-
consuming the substance with its deleterious effects
Tolerance-
requiring increasing amount of substance for similar effect
Withdrawal-
reducing/stopping consumption associated with
psychological & physical manifestations like
insomnia, irritability, anger, depression, loss of
appetite
Affects health, occupation, family, society
3. Target
Nearly all addictive drugs target the
brain’s reward circuit, the mesolimbic
system
Main neurotransmitter- dopamine
Drugs-
CNS depressants- alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines
CNS stimulants- nicotine, amphetamine, cocaine
4. Nicotine
Tobacco use, smoked or chewed,
releases nicotine- half-life ~2 hours
Nicotine activates receptors
in CNS releasing dopamine &
in SNS/adrenal medulla
releasing epinephrine
Benefits of nicotine/smoking-
Less revascularization required after PCI
Reduces risk of ulcerative colitis, Kaposi sarcoma,
breast cancer in women with BRCA
gene, pre-eclampsia
Delays onset of Parkinson’s disease
Improve schizophrenia & ADHD
5. Health effects of tobacco
Single greatest cause of preventable death
Nicotine causes dependence
Carcinogens- benzopyrene, acrolein,
nitrosamines
Diseases caused-
COPD
CAD, CVA, HT
Cancers- oral, larynx, lung,
esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder
6. Alcohol
Screening- CAGE questionnaire- ≥2
felt need to Cut down, felt Annoyed on being asked,
felt Guilty, need for an Eye-opener?
Long-term effects- cirrhosis, pancreatitis, dementia,
epilepsy, polyneuropathy, nutritional deficiencies,
sexual & ovulatory dysfunction
Anxiety & depression are common
Social effects- increased crime- theft, child abuse, rape,
domestic violence, accidents, loss of job/occupation
Withdrawal- anxiety, delirium tremens, seizures,
hallucinations
8. Opioids
Morphine/afeem, heroin, codeine,
oxy/hydrocodone, buprenorphine etc.
High addiction potential
Withdrawal symptoms- x 2 days-6 weeks
Insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, depression
Leg & abdominal cramps
Vomiting, diarrhea
Rhinitis, lacrimation
9. Benzodiazepines
Commonest cause of therapeutic drug
dependence
Frequent if taken for >4 weeks & with use of
potent short-acting benzodiazepines
Withdrawal symptoms-
Anxiety, depression, insomnia
Tremors, twitches
Muscular pain. Headache
Hypersensitivity to touch & pain
Suicidal tendency
10. Cocaine
Snorted, smoked or injected;
with increasing addiction potential
Causes CNS stimulation leading to
euphoria, insomnia, erratic behaviour
Withdrawl leads to ‘comedown’/crash-
dysphoria, exhaustion, craving
CNS depressants- alcohol/opioids-
commonly used together to dull crash
11. Amphetamine
CNS stimulant
Commonly ingested
Causes euphoria & insomnia
Tolerance develops rapidly leading to
increasing use of drug
Withdrawl causes dysphoria, exhaustion
Alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines commonly
used together to blunt withdrawl effects
12. Management- principles
Addiction is a mental disease
Needs treatment that is-
Readily available
Tailored
Comprehensive
Options-
Detoxification
Medications
Counseling-individual/group & behavioural therapy
Regular follow-up- to ensure abstinence & compliance