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Glossary of Terms
List of Terms that deal with addiction, addiction recovery, drug rehabs and halfway houses:

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Behavioral Heath Care Firm - Specialized (for-profit) managed care organizations focusing on mental health and substance abuse benefits, which they term “behavioral health care.” These firms offer employers and public agencies a managed mental health and substance abuse benefit.

Beneficiary - A person certified as eligible for health care services. A beneficiary may be a dependent or a subscriber.

Benefit Package - Services covered by a health insurance plan and the financial terms of such coverage. These include cost, limitation on the amounts of services, and annual or lifetime spending limits.

Benzodiazepine - A class of sedative medications sometimes used to treat anxiety disorders.

Binge-eating Disorder - Binge-eating is an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of compulsive overeating, but unlike bulimia, the eating is not followed by purging. During food binges, individuals with this disorder often eat alone and very quickly, regardless of whether they feel hungry or full.

Bipolar Disorder - Extreme mood swings punctuated by periods of generally even-keeled behavior characterize this disorder. Bipolar disorder tends to run in families. This disorder typically begins in the mid-twenties and continues throughout life. Without treatment, people who have bipolar disorder often go through devastating life events such as marital breakups, job loss, substance abuse, and suicide.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder - Excessive preoccupation with imagined or slight imperfections in your appearance.

Borderline Personality Disorder - Symptoms of borderline personality disorder, a serious mental illness, include pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. The instability can affect family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual’s sense of self-identity.

Bud - The dried and cured, un-pollinated flowering portion of the marijuana plant. A Marijuana plants Buds contain
the D9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol, Cannabidiol, and Cannabinol.
“I’ve got some bud. Pack the bowl.” Or ” I’ve got some sweet bud with me. Want to smoke?”

Bulimia Nervosa - Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by excessive eating. People who have bulimia will eat an excessive amount of food in a single episode and almost immediately make themselves vomit or use laxatives or diuretics (water pills) to get rid of the food in their bodies. This behavior often is referred to as the “binge/purge” cycle. Like people with anorexia, people with bulimia have an intense fear of gaining weight.

Buzz(ed) - The pleasant lethargic feeling you get when you’re getting high or drunk.
” I don’t want to get wasted. I just want to catch a buzz.”