Identify and describe the four main characteristics present in most substance use disorders
What will be an ideal response?
- impaired control involves difficulty cutting down on use, spending more time looking for the drug, and intense cravings
- social impairment involves experiencing key problems in life, such as missing work, due to substance use
- risky use involves using the substance in hazardous situations, such as while driving or having to be in dangerous situations to obtain the drug
- tolerance/withdrawal
- tolerance refers to need to ingest greater amounts of the drug to achieve the same effect
- substance withdrawal refers to maladaptive behavioral and physiological changes when a person stops taking a drug
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