Criteria for Substance Use Disorders

Substance Abuse

Have you experienced:

  • Recurrent failure to meet important responsibilities due to use? yes no

  • Recurrent use in situations when this is likely to be physically dangerous? yes no

  • Recurrent legal problems arising from use? yes no

  • Continual usage despite recurrent problems that are aggravated by the substance use? yes no

Have these symptoms occurred within a 12-month period? yes no



Substance Dependence

Have you experienced:

  • Tolerance -- needing more to become intoxicated or discovering less effect with the same amount? yes no

  • Withdrawal symptoms? yes no

  • Using more of the substance or using the substance for longer periods than intended? yes no

  • A desire to cut down or unsuccessful efforts to cut down? yes no

  • That you spend considerable time obtaining the substance, using the substance or recovering from the substance's effects? yes no

  • That you have given up important social, work or recreational activities because of using the substance? yes no

  • That you continue to use the substance despite your own knowledge of problems the substance can cause or aggravate? yes no

Have these symptoms occurred within the same 12-month period? yes no

 
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