SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENTS
For those of you with family or friends that have a substance abuse problem that needs substance abuse treatment, we urge you to help them through this difficult time in their lives. Speak to one of our addiction counsellors about your loved one’s condition. Together we can help treat their addiction and give them a new chance at life.
WE CAN HELP TREAT THE FOLLOWING ADDICTIONS
Substance Abuse Recovery
The first step towards recovery is to admit that you have a problem. Once you possess this self-awareness, only then can others help you. Cherrywood House strives to offer you professional advice and treatments that are tailored to your specific condition. Our programs (designed for different substances) are premeditated to make your recovery process as comfortable as possible, with minimum withdrawal symptoms and pain.
Treatment for Family Members
For those of you with family or friends that have a substance abuse problem that needs treatment, we urge you to help them through this difficult time in their lives. Speak to one of our addiction counsellors about your loved one’s condition. Together we can help them beat their addiction and give them a new chance at life.
Question:
WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ADDICTION?
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (Fourth Edition) Text Revision, which is the current official text on which diagnoses are based, and contains the criteria
for addiction and other mental health problems. However, the DSM does not define addiction specifically. Rather, problems which fall under the umbrella of addiction are dispersed throughout the manual.
Answer:
“ADDICTION IS DEFINED AS A CHRONIC, RELAPSING BRAIN DISEASE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY COMPULSIVE DRUG SEEKING AND USE, DESPITE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES.”
The criteria for addiction to alcohol and drugs are typically diagnosed using the criteria for substance dependence. There are seven criteria for substance dependence.
To be diagnosed, the person would have to have at least three of the criteria within the same year.
The first two criteria, tolerance and withdrawal, are central to “physiological dependence” on a drug. A person can be diagnosed with substance dependence either with or without the “physiological dependence,” although a person is at greater risk of medical problems and relapse if he does not have “physiological dependence.”
CRITERIA FOR SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE ARE:
(1) Tolerance, as defined by either of the following:
(a) A need for markedly increased amounts of the substance to achieve intoxication or desired effect.
(b) Markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount of the substance.
(2) Withdrawal, as manifested by either of the following:
(a) The characteristic withdrawal syndrome for the substance (refer to Criteria A or B of the criteria sets for Withdrawal from specific substances).
(b) The same (or a closely related) substance is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms.
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