substance dependence
Substance dependence is used to describe continued use of drugs or alcohol, even when significant problems related to their use have developed.
Substance dependence has been defined medically as a group of behavioral and physiological symptoms that indicate the continual, compulsive use of a substance in self-administered doses despite the problems related to the use of this substance.
Substance dependence in the absence of chronic physical or mental complications should not be expected to give rise to significant care and mobility needs.
Substance dependence
Substance misuse and abuse
An impulse problem?
Understanding tolerance, physical dependence, and withdrawal
The use continuum: From harmless to harmful
Cultural context ...
But substance dependence can be treated and the risk of relapse reduced using tested interventions. Researchers find that treatment issues differ between women and men.
Talk with your teen about his or her risk for developing substance dependence (addiction). Discuss the family history of substance abuse or addiction, the influence of peers, and substances available in your community.
The personal consequences.
The DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence highlight psychosocial dysfunction and add the dimensions of physical dependence and tolerance.
According to the DSM-IV-TR, substance dependence recovery occurs in four phases: an acute phase that focuses on alleviating symptoms of withdrawal, a 1 month period of abstinence during which the individual focuses on changing behaviors, ...
Drug addiction, also called substance dependence or chemical dependency, is a disease that is characterized by a destructive pattern of drug abuse that leads to significant problems involving tolerance to or withdrawal from the substance, ...
Clinical management of substance dependence across the continuum of care
Management of moderate and severe alcohol withdrawal syndromes
Overview of the chronic neurologic complications of alcohol ...
tolerance A characteristic of substance dependence that may be shown by the need for markedly increased amounts of the substance to achieve intoxication or the desired effect, ...
Relationship to other diseases such as substance dependence, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases;
Benefits of early diagnosis and intervention- prevention of transmission to others, reduced risk of long terms complications of HCV infection; and ...
The Recovery Model is an approach to mental disorder or substance dependence that emphasizes and supports each individual's potential for recovery.
Substance abuse may lead to addiction or substance dependence. Medically, physiologic dependence requires the development of tolerance leading to withdrawal symptoms.
It is unclear whether codependency is an illness or a normal response to being in a relationship with a substance-dependent person. But it is clear that treatment for substance dependence will not be successful unless both the substance abuser and ...
A number of persons with bipolar disorder may turn to drugs and alcohol to "self-treat" their emotional disorder, resulting in substance dependence.
synonyms ...
Substance dependence (addiction). Teens can become physically and/or psychologically dependent on the substance.
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 See also: Abuse, Substance Abuse, Symptom, Relationships, Stress
  
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