Substances, General
Also called Dual Diagnosis, this is the term for when one has a substance use and mental health diagnosis.
What is comorbidity?
These are the 4 CNS stimulants we diagnose.
What are cocaine, caffeine, stimulants, and tobacco.
In terms of development and course, THIS, more than family history, is common predictor of addiction.
What is age at first use?
These are the 6 CNS depressants we diagnose.
What are alcohol, inhalants, opioids, sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics.
Use of a substance, no matter how harmful, is not diagnosable. To be problematic, the use must cause THIS.
What is clinically significant distress in several areas of the client's life?
Although it feels like a CNS depressant, this substance is classified as a psychedelic.
What is cannabis?
A change from DSM IV to V, this substance's diagnosis was added, and the spiders illustrated why.
What is caffeine?
These are the 2 hallucinogens we diagnose.
What are: Phencyclidine (PCP/Angel Dust), and other (LSD, psilocybin, etc.)?
Unlike the additive effect of 1 beer + 1 beer = two beers, 1 beer + 1 Xanax = some new 3rd effect that is unpredictable, and sometimes deadly. We call this the WHAT effect.
What is the synergestic effect?
These are the 3 categories of any substance that we can diagnose.
What are: use, intoxication, and withdrawal.