PSYC 3390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Crack Cocaine, Gateway Drug Theory, Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Heather Mc Lean

Document Summary

Substance related and addictive disorders: associated with abuse of drugs and other substances that people take to alter the way they feel, think and behave. Impulse-control disorders: represent a number of related problems that involve the inability to resist acting on a drive or temptation. Substance: chemical compounds that are ingested in order to alter mood or behavior. Psychoactive substances: can alter both mood and behavior. Use: it is the ingestion of psychoactive substances in moderate amounts that do not significantly interfere with social, educational or occupational functioning. Intoxication: getting high or being drunk for example. Abuse: the dsm defines substance abuse in terms of how significantly it interferes with ones life. Some evidence suggests that drug use can predict job outcomes. Another view uses the drug seeking behaviors themselves as measures of dependence. The dsm combines the two into a general definition as research says that the both co-occur.