Channel: MedCircle

Category: Education

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Description: Get access to dozens of live workshops with MedCircle psychologists—use the code SAVE50 for half off through the month of May! watch.medcircle.com Get instant access to 500+ mental health videos - free for 7 days: bit.ly/34HWl4X What do opioids actually do in the brain? In this enlightening interview, ER doctor / double board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Dom Sportelli and MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson break down the neuroscience 101 education you need on opiate use disorder, and other opioid addiction basics. Discussion time codes: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Brain basics you need to know (serotonin vs dopamine vs endorphins) 02:05 The opiates that already exist in our brain (endorphins) 02:52 How the poppy plant imitates endorphins 03:40 Why opioids from a poppy plant are actually bad (How they impact the brain) 05:48 What happens when your brain gets "too much" of something? (IE opioids) 06:00 "Receptor down-regulation" and how it leads to drug tolerance 07:15 How it leads to withdrawal 08:49 The neuroscience of why quitting is so hard (how opioids change pain) 10:30 Key takeaways 12:04 how to watch more (detox, withdrawal, overdose management & more) The opioid crisis is an epidemic that began in the pharmaceutical industry with prescription drugs and painkillers. A primary step in combating the opioid epidemic is education. discover what opioids actually do to the brain in this YouTube video. The rest of this series uncovers key education on opioid addiction basics like the science (norepinephrine, noradrenaline, etc), addiction treatment, naloxone, opioid withdrawal, and more. #OpioidCrisis #Addiction #MentalHealth