Substance use disorders

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• 作者：Alastair G. Reid
• 关键词：Amphetamine addiction ; cocaine addiction ; drug addiction ; heroin addiction ; novel psychoactive substances ; opiate addiction ; opioid-related disorders ; substance-related disorder ; substance use disorder
• 刊名：Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：12
• 页码：701-705
• 全文大小：159 K

文摘

Drug misuse is widespread in the UK and causes significant morbidity and mortality. It is clearly important to know how to assess and manage substance use disorders, particularly to know about treatments for heroin addiction. In this article, we examine the principles of identifying and managing drug addiction, and consider in some detail the presentation, risks and harms, and treatment for misuse of, opioids, stimulants, benzodiazepines, cannabis and novel psychoactive substances, which constitute the main classes of substance misused in the UK.