Your Cousin Has Confided in You That She Thinks She

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Essay

Your cousin has confided in you that she thinks she might have a drug problem.She explains that lately she can only think about getting high and seems to need much more of the drug in order to achieve that high.She is having difficulty in school and has been reprimanded at her job for being late.She has tried to cut back on her use of the drug,but she got sick every time she tried to quit.Identify and define the characteristics of drug dependence being manifested by this individual.

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Definitions:

Anterior Cingulate Cortex

A part of the brain located in the frontal lobe, involved in functions such as emotion regulation, decision-making, and reward anticipation.

Pain Experience

The personal and subjective experience of discomfort or suffering that may arise from any potential damage to the body.

Slow Pathway

A neurological pathway that processes stimuli at a slower pace, often involving more complex processing like emotion and decision-making.

Unmyelinated Fibers

Nerve fibers that lack a myelin sheath, resulting in slower transmission of nerve impulses compared to myelinated fibers.