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Substance-Induced Disorders

The Substance-Induced Disorders Section is comprised of the following subsections:

• Substance Intoxication
  The essential feature of Substance Intoxication is the development of a reversible substance-specific syndrome due to the recent ingestion of (or exposure to) a substance.
• Substance Withdrawal
  The essential feature of Substance Withdrawal is the development of a substance-specific maladaptive behavioral change, with physiological and cognitive concomitants, that is due to the cessation of, or reduction in, heavy and prolonged substance use.
• Substance-Induced Mental Disorders Included Elsewhere in the Manual
  Substance-Induced Disorders cause a variety of symptoms that are characteristic of other mental disorders. To facilitate differential diagnosis, the text and criteria for these other Substance-Induced Disorders are included in the sections of the manual with disorders with which they share phenomenology.

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision^TM. Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association. All Rights Reserved.