When repeated use of alcohol or other drugs
leads to problems but does not include compulsive use or addiction, and stopping the drug
does not lead to significant withdrawal symptoms the term substance abuse applies. This,
along with Substance Dependence are considered substance
use disorders.
Harmful use of a specific psychoactive
substance. The term also applies to
one category of psychoactive Substance Use Disorder. While recognizing that
"abuse" is part of present diagnostic terminology, ASAM recommends
that an alternative term be found for this purpose because of the pejorative
connotations of the word "abuse."*
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A. A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by one (or more) of the following, occurring within a 12-month period:
(1) recurrent substance use resulting in a failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home (e.g., repeated absences or poor work performance related to substance use; substance-related absences, suspensions, or expulsions from school; neglect of children or household)
(2) recurrent substance use in situations in which it is physically hazardous (e.g., driving an automobile or operating a machine when impaired by substance use)
(3) recurrent substance-related legal problems (e.g., arrests for substance-related disorderly conduct)
(4) continued substance use despite having persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal problems caused or exacerbated by the effects of the substance (e.g., arguments with spouse about consequences of
Intoxication, physical fights)
B. The symptoms have never met the criteria for Substance Dependence for this class of substance.
Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American
Psychiatric Association
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Associated with these drugs: alcohol, amphetamine-like, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, phencyclidine,
sedatives, hypnotics
Also:
Books and Other
Media:
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- Ammerman, Robert T. (Editor), et al. Prevention and Societal Impact of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Hardcover
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(March 1999)
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Go
DVD Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, Taye
Diggs 1999
- Jesus' Son
DVD Billy Crudup 1999
- Prozac Nation
Christina Ricci, Anne Heche 2001
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 Rolling
Sanoe Lake, Omi Vaidya, Jason Boegh, and Erin Cummings 2007
- Ross, Stephen and Hayden, Francis
Study Guide to Substance Abuse Treatment: A Companion to the American
Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment (Paperback
2006)
- The Salton Sea
DVD Val Kilmer 2002
- Schuckit, Marc A Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Hardcover 1999
Concise, comprehensive and practical.
- Schuckit, Marc A: Drug and Alcohol Abuse - A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment (Critical Issues in Psychiatry)
Hardcover 1995
Concise, comprehensive and practical.
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Shrink
Kevin Spacey, Mark Webber, Keke Palmer, and Saffron Burrows 2009
- Tarter, Ralph E. (Editor), et al. Handbook of Substance Abuse - Neurobehavioral Pharmacology
Hardcover (September 1998)
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Traffic DVD Michael Douglas, Benico del Toro 2000
- The Wrestler
DVD Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood 2008
*Excerpt with permission from Graham, Allan W. & Schultz, Terry K.
(Editors)
Principles of Addiction Medicine, 2nd Edition
Hardcover 1998 (American Society of Addiction Medicine)
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