PSY 3604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Diazepam, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Ergot

• School: UMN
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3604
• Professor: Sam Cooper

Document Summary

Impulse-control disorders: disorders in which a person acts on an irresistible, but potentially harmful impulse. Polysubstance use: use of multiple mind- and behavior- altering substances, such as drugs. Psychoactive substances: substance, such as drugs, that alter mood or behavior. Substance abuse: pattern of psychoactive substance use leading to significant distress or impairment in social and occupational roles and in hazardous situations. Tolerance: need for increased amounts of substances to achieve the desired effect, and a diminished effect with continued use of the same amount. Withdrawal: severely negative physiological reaction to removal of a psychoactive substance, which can be alleviated by the same of a similar substance. Depressants: psychoactive substances that result in behavioral sedation, including alcohol and the sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic drugs. Stimulants: psychoactive substances that elevate mood, activity, and interpreting data from research. Opiates: addictive psychoactive substances such as heroin, opium, and morphine that cause temp. euphoria, and analgesia (pain reduction)