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Which of the following terms is the definition of anticonvulsant?

A) Sleep-inducing
B) Anxiety-reducing
C) Anti-seizure
D) Calming

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about alcohol use?

A) Education is negatively correlated with recent alcohol use.
B) Half of all Americans over the age of 12 report being current drinkers of alcohol.
C) Female college students were more likely than male college students to report several episodes of binge drinking in a two-week period.
D) Alcohol use in the elderly population is typically high.

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For which of the following groups has Alcoholics Anonymous shown to have mixed results?

Differences in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) rates among women who drink may be due to differences.

Although most impulse control disorders are considered rare, one that affects an increasing number of people is ______________.

Which of the following terms is the definition of hypnotic?

Research examining the expectations that kids in grades 7 through 11 have about drinking alcohol revealed that some of the students begin drinking because they think it will have positive effects on their social behavior and cognitive and motor skills, a phenomenon called

In a laboratory research study involving "drug addiction" in animals, it was demonstrated that the positive reinforcing effect of drugs was

The prevailing view that alcohol abuse usually follows a predictable downward spiral was based on Jellinek's mid 20^th century survey of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members that asked them how alcohol had affected them physically and psychologically. Data from this survey are now considered inaccurate because

Many individuals use drugs as negative reinforcement to escape from the unpleasantness (pain, stress, anxiety) in their lives. This phenomenon is called all of the following EXCEPT .

Which of the following is an accurate statement about amphetamines and/or amphetamine use disorders?

A person who is physiologically dependent on a drug will experience

In some individuals, chronic alcohol use causes physical damage to the body. Whether this occurs depends on all of the following factors EXCEPT

All of the following are hallucinogens EXCEPT .

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the opponent-process explanation of drug addiction?

A recent research study on alcoholism suggests that use of illegal drugs is influenced by environmental factors, but abuse and dependence are more influenced by factors.

Angelina has had difficulty falling asleep for some time. She started taking a prescribed sleeping pill every night for her insomnia. Now, she needs the pill to fall asleep. Without it, she will toss and turn all night, getting little sleep. Angelina is

Use of the testosterone-derived anabolic-androgenic steroids differs from other illicit drug use because

Alcohol is related to violence because it .

Even after Timon read "Psychedelics for Dummies," he was unable to produce LSD in the lab. He decided he would have to find a hallucinogen naturally. Therefore, he should look for which naturally occurring hallucinogen?