Effort to move long-term psychiatric patients out of the hospital and back into their own community. | | the need to continually increase the dosage of a drug to achive the desired effect is called dependence |
Federal Income Poverty Guidelines | | deinstitutionalization |
homeless persons | | Special supplemental food program administered by the Department of Agriculture through the state health departments; it provides nutritious foods that add to the diets of pregnant and nursing women, infants, and children younger than 5 years. Eligibility is based on income and nutritional risk as determined by a health professional. |
sound mental health | | Condition in which tolerance to one drug results in a decreased response to another drug in the same general category. |
neighborhood poverty | | Primary symptom of addiction. |
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) | | a typical alcoholic is a "skid row bum" |
addiction treatment | | one who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate address or has a primary nighttime residence in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter for temporary accommodations. |
cross-tolerance | | The federal governments definition of poverty in terms of income, family size, the age of the head of household, and the number of children younger than 18 years. The guidelines change annually to be consistent with the consumer price index. |
denial | | Focuses on the addiction process by helping clients view addiction as a chronic disease and assisting them in making lifestyle changes to halt the progression of the disease. |
Detoxification | | food is a substancthat can be abused |
true | | Process of allowing time for the body to metabolize and/or excrete accumulations of a drug. |
false | | Also known as psychedelics; drugs that stimulate the nervous system and produce varied changes in perception and mood. |
hallucinogens | | alcoholisim and drug addiction are recodnised as diseases |
false | | barbiturates |
true | | Ability to engage in productive activities and positive relationships and to adapt to change and cope with adversity. |
abrupt withdrawal from which group of drugs would be most life threatning | | spatially defined areas of high poverty, characterized by dilapidated housing and high levels of unemployment. |