Substance Use and Abuse

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Common Addictive behaviors

Compulsive gambling, compulsive buying, internet addiction

Risks for addiction that depend on a combination of factors

Personality, lifestyle, heredity, social and physical environment, nature of substance or behavior in question, genetic factors

Substance Abuse

maladaptive pattern of using any substance that persists despite adverse social, psychological, or medical consequences – may be intermitten

Physical dependence

result of physiological adaptation that occurs in response to the frequent use of a drug – typically associated with tolerance and withdrawa

Substance dependence

cluster of cognitive, behavioral and physiological symptoms that occur in someone who continues to us a substance despite suffering signific

Tolerance

lower sensitivity to a drug so that a given dose no longer exerts the usual effect and larger doses are needed

Withdrawal

physical and psychological symptoms that follow the interrupted use of a drug

Average year difference in life span for alcohol abuser vs. non-abuser

15 years shorter

Negative characteristics and consequences of binge drinking

3-7 times more likely to have unprotected sex, drunk driving, injuries, miss class, behind in school work, argue with friends

The issues and problems with smoking during pregnancy page

SIDS Death, low birth weight (infections), poor development, future risks: obesity, hyperactivity, short attention span, lower test scores

General effects of HIV, what it does, what it attacks

immune system

The timeline of HIV (exposure to onset of major disease symptoms)

Asymptomatic period (between initial viral infection and onset of disease symptoms) – 2-20 years, 11 years on average for untreated adults

The body fluids that can transmit HIV and their effectiveness in terms of ‘transmitability’.

Sex; direct exposure to infected blood; contact between HIV-infected women and her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding

The most common infection that 80% of HIV patients get

Pneumocystis Pneumonia – fungal infection

What do HIV screening tests look for?

Antibodies to HIV circulating in the bloodstream

AIDS most spread through..

Heterosexual contact

Most effective way to prevent HIV

Abstinence

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease’s (PID) effect on young women

Infection that progresses from vagina and cervix to the uterus, oviducts, and pelvic cavity; ectopic pregnancy, infertility, pelvic pain

Curable STDs

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Uncurable STDs

HIV/AIDS, HPV, Genital Herpes, Hepatitis B, Syphilis