substance withdrawal

substance withdrawal
[DSM-IV] a substance-specific mental disorder that follows the cessation of use or reduction in intake of a psychoactive substance that had been regularly used to induce a state of intoxication. DSM-IV includes specific withdrawal syndromes for alcohol; amphetamines or similarly acting sympathomimetics; cocaine; nicotine; opioids; and sedatives, hypnotics, or anxiolytics. Called also withdrawal, withdrawal symptoms or syndrome, and abstinence symptoms or syndrome.

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