Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Flashcards
A disorders associated with the abuse of drugs and other substances people take to alter the way they think, feel, and behave.
Substance-related and addicitive disorders
True or false: A person meets the moderate criteria for substance use disorder if they have 4-6 symptoms.
False. It is 4-5 symptoms. 6 beyond is considered severe
True or false: Substance use disorder is defined by how much a substance is ingested.
False. DSM-5 defines it in terms of how significantly the use interferes with the user’s life
True or false: Although drug abuse and drug dependence both co-occur, dependence can be present without abuse.
True. Some people build up tolerance and go through withdrawal if the ingestion of a certain substance is stopped without abusing it
The classification of substances is based on what?
Psychoactive substances, that is, the way they alter mood, behavior, or both
What are the 5 classes of substances according to Barlow & Durand?
Depressant, stimulants, hallucinogens, opiates, and other drugs of abuse (e.g. inhalants, OTC drugs)
Substance use disorder is applicable to all substances except what?
Caffeine
Substance intoxication is applicable to all substances except what?
Tobacco
Substance withdrawal is applicable to all substances except what?
Phencyclidines and withdrawal
What are the 4 criterion included in Criterion A?
Impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
True or false: Pharmacological criteria is required for the diagnosis of substance use disorder.
False
What is a symptom that has been added in DSM 5 to help clarify the problem and determine what treatment is appropriate?
Presence of craving/strong desire to use the substance
A classification of substance in which they decrease central nervous system activation, which results in reduced levels of physiological arousal, relaxation, and/or sedation.
Depressants
This classification of substance affects the glutamate system, serotonin system, and GABA system.
Depressants
Depressants affect this excitatory neurotransmitter, which is involved in learning and memory. This may be the result of blackout or loss of memory during intoxication.
Glutamate system
This is a rapid, oscillatory involuntary motion of the eyeball. It is one of the symptoms in alcohol intoxication.
Nystagmus
Sedative is to calming; hypnotic is to sleep-inducing; anxiolytic is to _.
Anxiety-reducing
Sedative is to calming; hypnotic is to sleep-inducing; anxiolytic is to _.
Anxiety-reducing
A type of sedative that can relax the muscle so much that it can cause death by suffocation when taken in extremely high doses.
Barbiturates
A substance taken to temporarily reduce pain.
Opioids
True or false: Delirium is a symptom of alcohol intoxication.
False. It is alcohol withdrawal
The perceptual disturbances experienced in opioid intoxication and cannabis intoxication is differentiated from schizophrenia in what sense?
Intact reality testing
Lacrimation and rhinorrhea are symptoms in opioid withdrawal that have excess production. What is their difference?
Lacrimation is excessive tearing, whereas rhinorrhea is excessive discharge from the nasal mucus membrane
A substance that causes altered sensory perception such as hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia.
Hallucinogens
