Substance Use Disorders

Part I. The Basics

1. Overview
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2. Definitions of Substance Dependence
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3. Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substances
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Part II. Psychoactive Substance Dependencies

4. Alcohol Dependence
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5. Sedative-Hypnotic Dependence
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6. Opioid Dependence
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7. Stimulant Dependence
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8. Nicotine Dependence
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9. Cannabis Dependence
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10. Dissociative Drug Dependence
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11. Inhalant Dependence
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12. Hallucinogen Dependence
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13. Anabolic Steroid Dependence
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Part III. Diagnosis, Treatment, Recovery, Relapse, and the Family

14. Diagnosis
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15. Treatment
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16. Recovery
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17. Relapse
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18. The Family
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Part IV. Special Groups

19. Women
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20. Adolescents
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21. The Elderly
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22. Other Groups
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23. The Impaired Physician
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Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, General Practice / Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine