Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

The processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for the dependency on alcohol or narcotic drugs.

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positron emission tomography (PET)

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A technique for measuring brain function in living human subjects by detecting the location and concentration of tiny amounts of radioactive chemicals.

opioid

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Any chemical that has opiate-like effects; commonly used to refer to neurochemicals that activate opiate receptors (see Opiate Receptors).

classical conditioning

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The form of implicit, unconscious learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a significant stimulus through repeated pairing of the two.

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The chemical compound that makes up genes.

respiratory depression

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Depression of respiration (breathing) that results in the reduced availability of oxygen to vital organs.

stimulus

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Any object or action that penetrates awareness or excites an animal to respond.

inhalants

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Any drug administered by breathing in its vapors. Most inhalants are organic solvents such as glue and paint thinner, or anesthetic gases such as ether and nitrous oxide.