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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

intervention counselor

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A person who conducts an intervention with an addict and the addict's family and close friends.

triggers

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Formerly neutral stimuli that have attained the ability to elicit drug craving following repeated pairing with drug use; also called cues.

long term memory

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Enduring memories about things, places, and events.

seconal

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A depressant drug of the barbiturate family that induces sleep.

consciousness

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Our own awareness of ourselves and the world; the mental processes that we can perceive; our thoughts and feelings.

open-label study

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A study in which both doctor and patient know that patients are receiving an experimental drug and what that drug is.

projection neurons

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Neurons (usually excitatory) that send their axons away from the local vicinity to communicate with other parts of the brain.

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