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DSM-IV: WithdrawalThe brain adapts to use of alcohol and some other drugs in such a way that symptoms may result when the substance is reduced or discontinued, leading to diagnosis of this Substance-Related Disorder. This varies in dangerousness from no detectable symptoms to extreme discomfort associated with opioid withdrawal to sometimes life threatening alcohol Withdrawal Delirium. Also: abstinence syndrome, discontinuation syndrome American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994 Associated with these drugs: alcohol, amphetamine-like, cocaine, inhalants, nicotine, opioids, sedatives, hypnotics |
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