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4 Οκτ 2022 · Diagnosing drug addiction (substance use disorder) requires a thorough evaluation and often includes an assessment by a psychiatrist, a psychologist, or a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. Blood, urine or other lab tests are used to assess drug use, but they're not a diagnostic test for addiction.
4 Ιουν 2024 · DSM-5-TR criteria for substance use disorders help psychiatrists, psychologists, and other professionals diagnose drug-related problems. Learn about the 11 criteria.
4 Οκτ 2022 · Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medicine. Substances such as alcohol, marijuana and nicotine also are considered drugs.
10 Ιαν 2024 · Two main concepts of addiction involve substance addiction (drug addiction), a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a repeated desire to take a drug continuously despite the drug's harmful consequences. Nonsubstance addiction (behavioral addiction) does not involve a drug.
Knowledge of a patient’s substance use informs a clinician’s diagnosis of other medical and psychiatric conditions and alerts them to associated health risks (e.g., overdose, liver disease) and common comorbid conditions (e.g., depression).
Research shows that treatment can help drug-addicted individuals stop drug use, avoid relapse and successfully recover their lives. Addiction is a complex, but treatable, disease that affects brain function and behavior.
As the subtitle indicates, Drug and alcohol abuse is a clinical guide, no more, no less. The fact that it is in its sixth edition shows that it sums up important and indispensable information for specialists working in clinical addiction medicine, ranging from the basic concepts of addiction medicine, through the diagnostic criteria of the ...
