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Substance Abuse James May PH.D. Director SAS Richmond Behavioral Health Authority 2011

Substance Abuse James May PH.D. Director SAS Richmond Behavioral Health Authority 2011. Substance Related Disorders:. Substance Use Disorders : Abuse Dependence Substance–Induced Disorders: intoxication, withdrawal, and clinical syndromes caused by substances. Substance Abuse.

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Substance Abuse James May PH.D. Director SAS Richmond Behavioral Health Authority 2011

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  1. Substance AbuseJames May PH.D.Director SAS Richmond Behavioral Health Authority2011

  2. Substance Related Disorders: • Substance Use Disorders: • Abuse • Dependence • Substance–Induced Disorders: intoxication, withdrawal, and clinical syndromes caused by substances

  3. Substance Abuse • A maladaptive pattern of substance use shown by recurrent and significant negative consequences related to the repeated use of substances • Unlike Substance Dependence, it does not include tolerance, withdrawal, or a pattern of compulsive use • Could be any level of use coupled with problems experienced as a s result of same

  4. Substance Dependence • A cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues use of the substance despite significant substance–related problems • An often progressive patternof repeated self–administration that usually results in tolerance, withdrawal, and compulsive drug–taking behavior

  5. Tolerance And Withdrawal Vary Across Substances • Tolerance: need for increasing doses of a substance to maintain its effects • Withdrawal: physical and psychological effects that occur when use of drug is significantly decreased or stopped • There is a craving for the drug when one is abstinent and these symptoms are relieved when the drug is taken again

  6. Remission: • early (at least one month) or sustained (at least one year) depending on how long ago the remission began • partial or full depending upon how complete the remission is • Individuals typically return to some intermittent pattern of use after they attempt to establish abstinence.

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