PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Prefrontal Cortex, Comorbidity, Latent Inhibition
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Regulatory agencies and drug classification: legislation limits the availability of drugs deemed to have a significant risk of abuse or dependence. Controlled drugs and substances act (ca: organized by schedules to categorize substances by abuse potential and medical usage. Schedule v drugs: relatively low abuse potential and legitimate medical purposes. Schedule ii drugs: high abuse potential, but legitimate medical uses. Schedule i drugs: high abuse potential and no legitimate medical uses: criticism of controlled substances schedules falls into two general categories: Clinical definitions and the diagnosis: the dsm-iv tr provided a clinical definition of drug addiction and substance abuse. Substance abuse: maladaptive pattern of substance use that doesn"t involve tolerance or dependence. Relapse: return to a chronic drug use state that meets the clinical features of addiction: the dsm-v collapses construct into substance use disorder. New criterion, craving/strong desire/urge to use a substance added.
