PSYC 235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Paint Thinner, Nail Polish, Crack Cocaine
5 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Psyc 235: substance related, addictive, and impulse-control disorders. Substance-related and addictive disorders: associated with the abuse of drugs and other substances that people take to alter the way they think, feel, and behave. Polysubstance abuse: the use of multiple substances. Psychoactive substances: alter mood, behaviour, or both. Impulse-control disorders: represent a number of related problems that involve the inability to resist acting on a drive or temptation. Use: the ingestion of psychoactive substances in moderate amounts that do not significantly interfere with social, educational, or occupational functioning. E. g. , having a glass of wine, drinking a cup of coffee. Intoxication: our physiological reaction to ingested substances. Often experienced as impaired judgement, mood changes, and lowered motor ability. Abuse: measured by how significantly the drug interferes with the user"s life. Tolerance: the person is physiologically dependent and requires more of the drug each time to experience the same effect. Withdrawal: a negative response when the substance is no longer ingested.
