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Dependence, abuse, intoxication, and withdrawal syndromes associated with regular or episodic use of chemical substances. In dsm-iv-tr, this category includes substance use disorders and substance-induced disorders.  

This dsm-iv-tr disorder has as its prominent feature hallucinations or delusions that develop during use of a substance or within 6 weeks of stopping its use. Such symptoms have been described during alcohol intoxication and withdrawal; intoxication with and withdrawal from sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic drugs; and intoxication with amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids,…

Mental syndromes secondary to the use of drugs (including alcohol). In dsm-iv-tr, these disorders (except for intoxication and withdrawal) are placed in the diagnostic categories with which they share phenomenology. For example, substance-induced mood disorder is listed under mood disorders, and substance-induced sleep disorder is listed under sleep disorders. The classifications of substance-induced mental disorders…

An agency of the u.s. Department of health and human services created in 1992 and made up of the center for mental health services, the center for substance abuse prevention, and the center for substance abuse treatment. These programs were formerly contained in the alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health administration (ADAMHA). One of the…

A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, by which instinctual drives, consciously unacceptable, are diverted into personally and socially acceptable channels. The physical process by which a substance passes directly from the solid state to the vapor or gas state, such as the evaporation of ice during freeze-drying. A defense mechanism that involves the acceptance of a…

An obsolete term that was formerly used to include the preconscious (what can be recalled with effort) and the unconscious. Unconscious’ thoughts that have been repressed. The part of a person’s mental processes which he or she is not aware of most of the time, but which can affect his or her actions. Partially conscious;…

Marked decrease in reactivity to and awareness of the environment, with reduced spontaneous movements and activity. It can be seen as a type of catatonic behavior in schizophrenia, but it can also be observed in neurological disorders. A state in which a person does not react to or is unaware of the surroundings. Due to…

A semistructured clinically based interview, designed to apply DSM criteria to individuals and identify the presence of psychiatric disorders.  

Sigmund freud’s model of the mental apparatus, composed of the id, the ego, and the superego.  

Named after john ridley stroop, this cognitive test emphasizes the interference that automatic processing of words has on the task of naming colors. The task of making an appropriate response when presented with two conflicting signals has tentatively been located in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate. The mechanism involved in this…