Exam 5: Drugs of Abuse

Describing someone as intoxicated implies:

All of the following structures are involved in the preoccupation and anticipation stage of drug addiction except:

A patient identified as in the type of remission called "maintenance therapy" suggests:

A drug user finding that he couldn't achieve the same rush from a drug after using it for some weeks is an example of:

If a person is given a medication to weaken the short-term withdrawal effects from an addictive substance,the person is likely:

A new drug given a schedule I classification suggests:

All of the following are features of models of drug addiction except:

Drug addiction models are used to diagnose substance use disorders.

The amygdala pairs stimuli with the reinforcing effects of drugs.

Which structure stores contextual information related to recreational drug taking?

Aside from drug overdose,describe at least two reasons why an individual addictive to a drug of abuse might have a short lifespan.

A new drug given a schedule II classification indicates:

A stimulus that occurred after a behavior and increase the likelihood of the behavior occurring again is called:

Many of the symptoms of physical withdrawal from a drug are due to changes in:

A researcher who found it most useful to think of drug addiction as mediated by drugs canceling out withdrawal effects would likely prefer the:

If a person didn't want to eliminate drug use,but wanted to reduce use to a manageable level,she would likely prefer:

During chronic drug abuse,which structure forms associations between stimuli commonly present during drug use and the reinforcing effects of the drug?

High mortality rates with drug addiction due to factors other than drug overdose tend to be related to all of the following except:

Describe at least three ways that food addiction is similar to drug addiction.

Latent inhibition involves using an unfamiliar neutral stimulus in a conditioning procedure.