PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Delirium Tremens, Substance Dependence, Alcohol Dependence
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If a person addicted to a drug is denying it and then experiences withdrawal, the person receives diagnose of both substance dependence and substance withdrawal. Substance depdendence vs. substance abuse: lack of clear distinction in reality. If a person has both abused and dependent then it is known as addition disorder. In the dsm-5, it puts everything gin one category known as substance addition related disorder. Alcohol abuse & dependence: alcoholic does not have a precise meaning, alcohol dependence may include both tolerance or withdrawal reactions where people are physically dependent on alcohol tend to have more severe symptoms of the disorder. Increased of sexual aroused even though it lowers physiological arousal. It is bad to those that have symptoms with allergies and asthma which causes eye, nose and throat irritations, headaches, dizziness, nausea, coughing and wheezing: men smokes more than women.
