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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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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.