Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psychoactive Drug, Substance Intoxication, Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Bruce Morrison

Document Summary

Danny, who has poly substance use (use of multiple mood-and behavior altering substances) broke into a gas station and stole money. He smokes and drinks beer with his friends. He drinks until he gets drunk, and also experimented with other drugs; he attended college and failed most of his courses. He rarely held a job for more than a few months. He needed help and planned to check into an alcohol rehab centre, he still would not admit to using other drugs. Danny later resumed his drinking and using drugs and was arrested for robbing the place where he worked. Substance refers to chemical compounds that re ingested to alter mood or behavior. Psychoactive substances- which alter mood and/or behavior to become intoxicated or high, to abuse these substances, and become dependent on or addicted to them. The ingestion of psychoactive substances in moderate amounts that does not significantly interfere with social, educational, or occupational functioning.