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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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Xanax (aprazalom)
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A depressant drug of the benzodiazepine family that relieves anxiety.
Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A brain disorder characterized by the loss of the brain's ability to store memories.
Parkinson's disease
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A disease in which dopamine-containing neurons die. It produces severe impairments in movement, cognitive function, and emotions.
glucose
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A simple sugar that the brain uses as its major source of energy.
withdrawal symptoms
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Physical (body and brain ) and/or psychological (mental/emotional) symptoms that occur after stopping drug use in a person who is physically or emtionally dependent on that drug. Withdrawal symptoms ...
relapse
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
In general, to fall back to a former condition. Here, resuming the use of a drug one has tried to stop using. Relapse is a common occurrence in many chronic disorders that require behavioral ...
secondary reinforcers
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Formerly neutral stimuli that acquire the ability to produce reward through the learned association with a primary reinforcer. Money and praise are secondary reinforcers.
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