PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cocaine Intoxication, Substance Intoxication, Alcohol Intoxication
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Psy240 lecture 7 june 13: substance abuse disorders (chapter 17) Substance is any natural or synthesized product that has psychoactive effects it changes perceptions, thoughts, emotions, behaviours. Illicit drug use higher in males than females; once women begin to use substance, they are as likely to become dependent, and may suffer greater physiological damage from some substances than men. In the uk, drug abuse is viewed as medical problem, people who abuse substances/dependent on substances are treated by physicians: holland makes distinction between soft (cannabis) and hard (cocaine/heroin) drugs. In 2002, 19. 3% of all deaths in canada could be attributed to alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs: total cost of substance abuse in canada 2002 = billion. Categories of substances: central nervous system depressants (alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, inhalants, central nervous system stimulants (cocaine, amphetamines, nicotine, caffeine, opiods (e. g. , heroin, morphine, hallucinogens and phencyclidine (pcp, cannabis.
