01:830:340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Problem Gambling, Kleptomania, Aspirin
1 Feb 2014
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Chapter 10: substance related and impulse control disorders. Substance related disorders: problems associated with the use and abuse of drugs and other substances people use to alter the way they think, feel, and behave. Extremely costly in human and financial terms. Impulse control disorders: disorder in which a person acts on an irresistible but potentially harmful impulse. Controversy surrounds both disorders because people believe these disorders result from a lack of will perspectives on substance related disorders. More than 8% of the general population is believed to use illegal substances. Polysubstance use: the use of multiple mind and behavior altering substances such as drugs. Substance: term used to describe chemical compounds that are ingested to alter mood or behavior. Psychoactive substance: substances such as drugs that alter mood behavior or both. Substance use: the ingestion of psychoactive substances in moderate amounts that does not significantly interfere with social, functional, or occupational functioning.
