PSYC 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Binge Drinking, Fentanyl, Opiate

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3403
• Professor: John Weekes

Document Summary

Alcohol the idea just pops into his head can"t control it. Understand the phenomenon of addiction the problematic use of alcohol and other drugs. When does weed become a problem how can we help someone change their behaviour clinical orientation in this class defining the issue what are the different classes of drugs about the client. Prescription drugs (fentanyl patch - pill, powder, (slow release) Intense drug that goes right into skin needs to be much more powerful 100 times more powerful than morphine a potentially lethal dose in its purest form would be equivalent to a small sprinkle of it. Repertory arrest, cardiac arrest (through a blue lens ) What is narcon (will ask on the exam) Hocum = belief based i think this works . Exam has a larger question that pulls the course together. Failure rate for opiate treatment 95% out of 10 people 9 and a half will fail and relapse.