Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice

Select Examples of Shifting Perceptions of Harms and Benefits of Addictive Substances in the U.S. Tobacco. Cigarette smoking gen ...

Defining the Terms ............................................................................................................ ...

 Use of any addictive substance by pregnant women, for whom there is no known safe level of use.  Use of any tobacco product; ...

the most severe form of the illness: chronic relapsing disease. There are two leading sources of diagnostic classifications for ...

Definitional Problems. The first two symptoms of the DSM-IV’s substance dependence diagnosis--tolerance and withdrawal-- reflect ...

One issue being raised in the proposed revisions to the DSM is that of patients who are at heightened risk of developing addicti ...

it eventually may help practitioners diagnose and address the disease of addiction and its multiple manifestations in a more uni ...

25.4 33.0 37.7 38.7 43.5 Predisposition/Genetics/ Family History Lack of Willpower/Self-Control Stress/Anxiety Easy Availability ...

28.2 29.2 29.7 35.3 44.9 47.6 Inability to Resist Peer Pressure Easy Availability Lack of Willpower/Self-Control Emotional Disor ...

28.7 29.9 29.9 34.8 35.1 41.9 Lack of Willpower/Self-Control Predisposition/Genetics/ Family History Stress/Anxiety Emotional Di ...

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Chapter III Prevalence and Consequences More than one in seven (15.9 percent, 40.3 million) people in the United States ages 12 ...

12.7 25.2 14.5 31.7 15.9 Includes tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs and misuse of controlled prescription drugs. Source: CASA Col ...

misuse controlled prescription drugs,* use illicit drugs† 9 or engage in some combination of these forms of substance use but do ...

32.3 (55.0 M) 31.6 (9.6 M) 32.0 (11.8 M) 24.7 (4.1 M) White Black Hispanic Other P E R C E N T * In the past 30 days. Source: CA ...

18.7 (31.8 M) 20.5 (6.2 M) 18.2 (6.7 M) 13.8 (2.3 M) White Black Hispanic Other P E R C E N T * In the past 30 days. Source: CAS ...

Between 2002 and 2010, risky tobacco use in the U.S. population ages 12 and older decreased slightly, from 19.9 percent (46.8 mi ...

27.2 (69.0 M) 10.2 (2.5 M) 40.2 (13.7 M) 27.1 (52.9 M) Total 12 to 17 18 to 25 26+ P E R C E N T * In the past 30 days. Source: ...

5.8 (14.6 M) 5.8 (1.4 M) 14.2 (4.8 M) 4.3 (8.4 M) Total 12 to 17 18 to 25 26+ P E R C E N T * In the past 30 days. Source: CASA ...

2.1 (5.4 M) 2.3 (0.6 M) 4.3 (1.5 M) 1.7 (3.4 M) Total 12 to 17 18 to 25 26+ P E R C E N T * In the past 30 days. Source: CASA Co ...