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Drug rehabilitation
The processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for the dependency on alcohol or narcotic drugs.
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Drug rehabilitation
analog
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A drug whose chemical structure has been slightly modified from a parent compound but which has similar effects. There are many analogs to morphine or to LSD. See Designer drug.
psychotherapeutics
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Drugs that have an effect on the function of the brain and that often are used to treat psychiatric disorders; can include opioids, CNS depressants, and stimulants.
motivation
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
The internally generated state (feeling) that stimulates us to act. The neural substrate for motivation is most likely found in the brain reward system.
psychological dependence
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
When drugs become so central to a user's life that the user believes he must use them.
abstinence
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
The conscious choice not to use drugs. The term "abstinence" usually refers to the decision to end the use of a drug as part of the process of recovery from addiction.
enkephalins
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Peptides with opiate-like effects that are made by neurons and used as neurotransmitters; one of the endogenous opioids that binds to opiate receptors.
addictive drugs
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Drugs that change the brain, change behavior, and lead to the loss of control of drug-taking behavior.
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