PSYC 2380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bloodborne, Habituation, Reinforcement
15 Oct 2020
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Behavioral toxicity: when you use something to a point to where it becomes toxic, all drugs can be toxic is misused or abused. Acute = sharp, intense chronic = effects of a drug that result from long-term exposure and can be present whether or not the substance is in the system at a given point. Drug abuse warning network: gov set it up to monitor the toxicity of drugs other than alcohol, collected data on drug-related emergency visits, discontinued in 2011. Blood-borne diseases: users who inject drugs can spread blood-borne diseases like hiv and aids. Habituation is a better word to use than alcoholic or addict because the latter two are harder to define. 3 basic processes: tolerance, repeated exposure to the same dose of the drug results in a lesser effect, leads to people increasing the dose of the drug, physical dependence, defined by the occurrence of a withdrawal syndrome.
