Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

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

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glial cells

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Tiny brain cells that support neurons by performing a variety of "housekeeping" functions in the brain.

neuroscience

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The study of how the brain and nervous system work. Neuroscience integrates more traditional scientific approaches such as anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry, along with newer fields such as ...

alveoli

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Tiny, balloon-like air sacks in the lungs. Alveoli are designed to allow oxygen to pass rapidly into the blood and are also efficient at absorbing inhaled drugs.

polydrug abuse

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The abuse of two or more drugs at the same time, such as CNS depressant abuse accompanied by abuse of alcohol.

Claude Bernard

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The physiologist who coined the term "homeostasis. "

decondition

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The unlearning of classically conditioned responses. Helping addicts identify and neutralize the cues of triggers they developed while they were addicted.