Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

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

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transporter

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A large molecule that straddles the cell membrane of the axon terminals of neurons. It removes neurotransmitter molecules from the synapse by ferrying them back into the axon terminal that released ...

serotonin

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A neurotransmitter involved in many functions, including mood, appetite, and sensory perception.

cognitive functions

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Higher brain functions involving the manipulation of information from the senses and from memory. They often require awareness and judgment, and they enable us to know and to analyze problems and ...

physical dependence

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Changes that the brain and body undergo as they adapt to the continued presence of high doses of drugs. Because of these changes, the brain and body eventually come to require the presence of the ...

amphetamines

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Stimulant drugs whose effects are very similar to cocaine.

prevention

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Stopping drug use before it starts, intervening to halt the progression of drug use once it has begun, changing environmental conditions that encourage addictive drug use.