Details Title: Abnormal Psyc Description: n/a Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 12/14/2008 17:16:14		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Psychology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term substance withdrawal Definition is a chemical that alter's a person's mood or behavior when it is smoked, injected, drunk, inhaled, snorted, or swallowed in pill form. Term substance intoxication Definition is the temporary maladaptive experience of behavioral or psychological changes due to the accumulation of the substance in the body. How long the substance is in the body. Term substance withdrawal Definition Substance is discontinued, a reaction.Experiences significant distess or impairment at home, at work, or other important contexts. Term tolerance Definition an phenomen, is related to substance withdrawal. Requires larger and larger amounts. Term substance abuse Definition as the maladaptive pattern of substance use occuring within a 12 month period that leads to significant impairment or stress evidenced by one or moe of the folling :failure to meet obligations,use of substacnes in physically hazardous situations, legal problems. Term substance dependence Definition is a maladaptive pattern of substance use manifested by a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms during a 12 month period and caused by the continued use of a substance. Term depressant Definition drug become more apparent, as feelings of sleepiness, uncoordination, dysphoria, and irritability set in. Term potentiation Definition meaning that the effect of two drugs taken together is greater than the effect of two drugs taken together is greater together is greater than the effect of either substance alone. Ex: combining alcohol, which is a depressant, with another depressant. Term Wernicke's encephalopathy Definition acute condition involving delirium, eye movement disturbances, difficulties in movement and balance, and deterioration of the peripheral nerves to th hands and feet. Term Korsakof's syndrome Definition a permanent form of dementia in which the individuals develops retrograde and antergrade amnesia. leading to an inability to remember recent eventsor to learn new information. Term alcohol dehydrogenase Definition a zinc-containing enzyme in the stomach, breaks down the portion of alcohol. Term Definition