Definitions

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Detoxification

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Process of safely and effectively withdrawing a person from an addictive substance

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Remission

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A period when symptoms have subsided

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Withdrawal

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Group of symptoms that develop after abrupt discontinuation of drugs

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Intoxication

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Development of a reversible substance-specific syndrome due to the recent ingestion of (or exposure to) a substance.

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Use

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Drinks alcohol, swallows, smokes, sniffs or injects

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Abuse

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Harmful use - Person experiences negative consequences of drugs

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Dependence

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Use despite adverse consequences

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Addiction

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Psychological and behavioural dependence

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Contemporaneous

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Use of another substance

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Craving

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Experience of a strong desire or urge to take the substance –is often used as an outcome measure because it may be a signal of impending relapse

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Relapse

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Recurrence of alcohol- or drug-dependent behaviour in person who had previously been abstinent

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Blunted

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Limited emotional expression

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Euthymic

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Normal mood

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Euphoric

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Elated mood

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Dysphoric

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Depressed mood

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Mobile affect

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Full range of expression

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Pressured speech

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Rapid, increase in amount, difficult to understand, associated with mania

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Perception

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The complex series of mental events involved with taking in of sensory information from the environment and the processing of that information into mental representations

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Hallucinations

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False sensory perceptions not associated with external stimuli and are not shared by others

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Illusions

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Misperception/misrepresentation of real sensory stimuli (dirt on clothes is a bug)

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Delusion

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Fixed, false belief based on incorrect inference about reality

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Delusions of control

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The belief that one’s thoughts, feelings, or will are being controlled by outside forces

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Thought insertion

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The belief that thoughts of ideas are being inserted into one’s mind by someone or something

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Thought broadcasting

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The belief that one’s thoughts are obvious to others or are being broadcasted to the world

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Ideas of reference

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The belief that people, objects, and events are related to o have special significance to one's self (ex: person on tv is talking to you)

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Paranoid delusions

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An irrational distrust of others and/or the belief that others are harassing, cheating, threatening, or intend to harm

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Bizarre delusions

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An absurd or totally implausible belief

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Somatic delusions

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A false belief involving the body or bodily functions

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Delusion of grandeur

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An exaggerated belief of one's importance or power

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Religious delusions

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The belief that one is an agent of or specially favoured by a greater being

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Depersonalization

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The belief that one's self or one's body is strange or unreal

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Magical thinking

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The belief that one's thoughts, words, or actions, have the power to cause or prevent things to happen

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Erotomania

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The belief that someone unknown to the individual is in love with them or involved in a relationship with them

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Nihilism

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The belief that one is dead or non-existant

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Obsession

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A repetitive thought, emotion, or impulse

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Phobia

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A persistent, exaggerated, and irrational fear

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Loosening of association

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The lack of logical relationship between thoughts and ideas

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Circumstantiality

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The individual takes a long time to make a point because his or her conversation is indirect and contains necessary detail

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Tangentiality

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Similar to circumstantiality, except the speaker does not return to a central point or answer the question

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Thought blocking

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An abrupt pause or interruption in one's train of thoughts where the individual can no longer recall what they were saying

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Neologism

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The creation of new words

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Flight of ideas

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Rapid, continuous verbalization with frequent shifting from one topic to another

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Word salad

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An incoherent mixture of words and phrases

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Perseveration

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A persisting response to a stimulus even after a new stimulus has been presented

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Clang association

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The use of words or phrases that have similar sounds but are not associated in meaning

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Echolalia

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The persistent schooling or repetition of words or phrases said by others

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Verbigeration

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The meaningless repetition of incoherent words or sentences typically associated with psychotic states and cognitive impairment

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Pressured speech

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Speech that is increased in rate and volume and is often empathic and difficult to interrupt, typically associated with mania or hypomania

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Sensorium

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Brain function and cognitive abilities

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Insight

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Understanding the reality of a set of circumstances

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Judgement

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Ability to reach a logical decision about a situation and to choose a course of action