Substance use disorders
Chapter 4
Substance use disorders
2 topics
- 10Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol use: acute intoxication, harmful use, dependence, withdrawal syndrome, delirium, psychotic disorders, amnestic syndrome. TreatmentDrinking that harms health, from hazardous use to dependence, and the psychiatric syndromes alcohol causes; how drinking is measured and screened for, the withdrawal syndrome and its emergencies, delirium tremens and Wernicke's encephalopathy, Korsakoff syndrome, and the drugs, talking treatments and mutual help that prevent relapse.
- 11Mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of opioids, cannabinoids, sedatives and hypnotics, stimulants, and hallucinogens: acute intoxication, harmful use, dependence, withdrawal syndrome, and psychotic disorders. TreatmentThe harms of opioids, cannabinoids, sedatives, stimulants and hallucinogens, from intoxication and dependence to withdrawal and drug-induced psychosis; the page compares the classes, then covers opioid overdose and naloxone, substitution treatment, the slow benzodiazepine taper, cannabis and psychosis, stimulant emergencies, the new risks in Europe and harm reduction.