Substance Use Disorder and Treatment

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Understanding Substance Use Disorder and its Treatment

Substance Use Disorder is a pathological use of a substance resulting in impaired control, social impairment, and risky use, and is not a disorder of choice.
Addiction is a chronic medical condition with roots in the environment, genetics, neurotransmission, and life experiences.
Alcohol, caffeine, cannabis, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, sedative-hypnotics, stimulants, tobacco, and process addiction are substances that lead to use disorders.
Medical and psychiatric comorbidities such as diabetes, hepatitis C, and psoriasis can co-occur with substance use disorder.
Neurobiological changes occur in the brain and neurotransmitters involved with substance use, including altered amygdalar, hippocampal, basal ganglia, and cerebellar volume.
Risk factors for substance use disorder include genetics, poverty, lack of parental involvement, poor social skills, availability of drugs at school, experimentation, poor academic performance, and a home environment that promotes substance abuse.
Withdrawal from alcohol can cause shakes, jitters, psychotic and perceptual symptoms, withdrawal seizures, and delirium tremens, which is a medical emergency.
Treatments for substance use disorder include cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and screening tools such as SBIRT, AUDIT, CAGE, CAGE-AID, and T-ACE.
Codependence and hallucinations/delusions are important factors to consider in the nursing process assessment.
The nursing process includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and health teaching/health promotion.
The care continuum for substance abuse includes detoxification, rehabilitation, halfway houses, other housing, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Alateen, Nar-Anon, Gamblers Anonymous, relapse prevention, and treatment with disulfiram.
Prevention against genetic vulnerability and public classes are important components of health teaching and health promotion for substance use disorder.

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Test your knowledge on Substance Use Disorder and its Treatment with this informative quiz. Learn about the different types of substances that can lead to addiction, the risk factors that increase the likelihood of developing a substance use disorder, and the neurobiological changes that occur in the brain. Explore the various treatment options available, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, and the importance of the nursing process in assessing and caring for those with substance use disorder. Take this quiz to gain a better understanding of this