PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Passive Smoking, Binge Drinking
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Tolerance: larger doses are needed to get same desired effect. Withdrawal: negative physical and/or psychological effects when person stops. Substance abuse taking the drug considered to be less serious. Must have experienced one of the following as a result of recurrent use: Eliminated dsm-iv-tr classifications of dependence and abuse since the distinction was considered to be one of severity not distinct categories. Dsm-5 has single broad category of substance-related and addictive disorders. Alcohol dependence may include tolerance or withdrawal reactions. People who are physically dependent on alcohol tend to have more severe symptoms of the disorder anxious, depressed, weak, restless, and unable to sleep. Tremors in the muscles and elevated temperature. A person who has been drinking heavily for years may also experience delirium tremens. Dt when the level of alcohol in blood drops suddenly = delirious, tremulous, and hallucinations primarily visual, may be tactile. Feverish, disoriented and terrified creatures crawling on walls.
