NUR 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Medicinal Chemistry, Breathalyzer, Stress Management
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1990s but illicit drug use among adolescents is on the rise: 22% of 12th graders used marijuana within the last 12 months, highest alcohol use in whites, comorbid mental disorders: psychotic, anxiety, or mood disorders. Etiology: biologic components, genetic predisposition: no genetic marker found, psychosocial components, temperament, feelings about self; age, motivation for change, environmental factors, parental and family relationships, peer pressure. The orange part of the brain is the reward pathway . The reward pathway and addiction: natural rewards this brain pathway is responsible for rewarding you for these things with a sense of pleasure, food, water, sex, nurturing, behavior-induced highs (artificial, gambling, substance-induced highs (artificial, drugs & alc. Categories of frequently abused substances: alcohol, stimulants, opioids & morphine derivatives, benzodiazepines, hallucinogens, dissociatives, steroids, nicotine. Process addictions: persistent and recurrent problematic behavior leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as indicated by 4 or more of the following within a 12-month period.
