Psychology 2020A/B Lecture 2: psych 2020

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2020A/B
• Professor: Riley Hinson

Document Summary

Dsm 9 classes of drugs that qualify for substance use disorders: alcohol, cannabis, hallucinogens, opioids, anxiolytics. Is the drug use causing problems in your functioning. Failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school etc: continued substance use despite having persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal problems caused r exacerbated by the effects of substance. Substance use disorders occur in range of severity based on number of criteria above met: mild is associated with 2-3 criteria, moderate with 4-5, sever is 6+ Substance induced disorders: distinct from sud, essential feature is reversible substance-specific syndrome that is causing some level of problem and is due to recent ingestion of substance. Include: intoxication, withdrawal, or other substance/medication induced disorders: dsm v recognizes 10 classes of drugs that may produce sid: which are the 9 recognized for sud. Termination of drug action: as drug molecules are distributed throughout the body via circulation they are also eliminated.