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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
drug-free treatment
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A approach to helping addicts recover from addiction without the use of medication.
short-term effects
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
The acute effects of a drug. The effects felt during and shortly after the time a person is under the influence of (intoxicated by) a drug.
visual cortex
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A brain region in the back of the head that allows us to perceive the visual information gathered by our eyes.
overdose
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
The condition that results when too much of a drug is taken, making a person sick or unconscious and sometimes resulting in death.
alzheimer's disease
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A degenerative disease in which neurons of the brain die, leading to the loss of the ability to think, learn and remember (dementia).
long-term memory circuit
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
The brain circuit, including the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, which enables the brain to lay down and store memories in the cortex.
operant conditioning
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
An unconscious form of learning in which a behavior is linked to a specific stimulus through a process of reinforcement.
