Flashcards

Food Stamps: A government program designed to offset some of the food expenses of poor

Labor Force- Defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as people 16 years of age or over who worked one hour for pay during one survey week or who did not have a job and were actively seeking work.

Peer Counseling- Programs, often for children, that help youth ventilate strong feelings about their home life and also to reduce the sense of isolation that some feel; this type of counseling helps children realize that their feelings are shared by many others in similar situations.

Affirmative therapy- An approach to counseling that is positive, embracing, and supportive of LGBT relationships and experiences.

Consumer Price Index- A measure of the rising costs of living that is adjusted yearly, which many social programs (like Social Security) are tied to so that beneficiaries can keep up.

Dementia- A group of disorders caused by damage of brain tissue, with effects like short-term memory loss, reduced ability to learn new material, and difficulties in understanding abstract or symbolic ideas.

Physical Illness- Bodily disorders that can be observed and measured in precise ways..

Mental illness- Psychological, emotional, or behavioral disorders, and the view that these disorders are diseases of the mind.

Psychoactive substance- Chemicals that affects the user's normal brain functioning.

Speed-balling- Combining heroin and cocaine to use intravenously.

Benzodiazepines-A class of chemilcally related compounds used to reduce tension and anxiety.

Barbiturates- A class of sedative hypnotic compounds, sometimes used to treat insomnia, epilepsy, and anxiety.

Dissociative drugs- Drugs including Phencyclidine (PCP) and Ketamine (Special-K), which were. initially developed as general anesthetics for surgery.

Hallucinogens- A psychedelic drug, such as mescaline, that produces marked distortions in perceptual experience.

Designer drugs- wide range of chemical compounds including the synthetic cannabinoid-spice, the stimulant-mephedrone that causes severe effects such as elevated heart rates and seizures, and the hallucinogen Lysergic Acid Amide (LSA).

Co-occurring disorders- A situation in which patients exhibit two primary disorders of an emotional, psychological, or behavioral nature at the same time.

Mass incarceration- High rates of imprisonment as a result of policies that emphasize jail time over other methods of prevention; this term also refers to the fact that America's prison rates are higher than every other developed nation in the world.

Intellectual disability- A state of intellectual impairment shown in delayed maturation, a less-than-average capacity to learn from experiences, and a lowered ability to maintain oneself independently.

Developmental disability- A severe and chronic disability that is likely to continue for the rest of a person's life, has an onset before the age of 18, has limitations in daily living skills, and requires individually planned and coordinated services to meet their needs.

Homeless person-Defined by federal law a person without "a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence" who spends nights either in a professionally operate shelter, a temporary residence for people who are due to be institutionalized, or any other space (whether public or private) not designed to be a regular sleeping place for human beings Situationally homeless-People who are homeless for chiefly financial reasons, whose homelessness stems from difficult circumstances rather than major disabilities such as alcoholism or mental illness.

Asymptomatic-The state when a person with a disease like AIDSA shows no symptoms, though she or symptoms, though she or he can still transmit the disease to others through unprotected sex, during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding, and/or sharing needles or syringes.

Transmission categories- How someone acquires a virus or bacteria, for example, candomless heterosexual sex and sharing needles or syringes.

Antiretrovirals-Medications that fight HIV, can help people with HIV live longer and they also decrease the likelihood that people with HIV will transmit the virus to their sexual or substance-using partners.

HIV serostatus-The presence or absence of HIV antibodies.

Superinfection-An infection by a second strain of HIV infection.