Sections
Introduction | Substance Use Disorders | Substance-Induced Disorders | Alcohol-Related Disorders | Amphetamine (or Amphetamine-Like)–Related
Disorders | Caffeine-Related Disorders | Cannabis-Related Disorders | Cocaine-Related Disorders | Hallucinogen-Related Disorders | Inhalant-Related Disorders | Nicotine-Related Disorders | Opioid-Related Disorders | Phencyclidine (or Phencyclidine-Like)–Related
Disorders | Sedative-, Hypnotic-, or Anxiolytic-Related
Disorders | Polysubstance-Related Disorder | Other (or Unknown) Substance–Related
Disorders
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The Substance-Related Disorders include disorders related
to the taking of a drug of abuse (including alcohol), to the side
effects of a medication, and to toxin exposure. In this manual,
the term substance can refer to
a drug of abuse, a medication, or a toxin. The substances discussed
in this section are grouped into 11 classes: alcohol; amphetamine
or similarly acting sympathomimetics; caffeine; cannabis; cocaine;
hallucinogens; inhalants; nicotine; opioids; phencyclidine (PCP)
or similarly acting arylcyclohexylamines; and sedatives, hypnotics,
or anxiolytics. Although these 11 classes appear in alphabetical
order, the following classes share similar features: alcohol shares
features with the sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics; and cocaine
shares features with amphetamines or similarly acting sympathomimetics.
Also included in this section are Polysubstance Dependence and Other
or Unknown Substance–Related Disorders (which include most
disorders related to medications or toxins).