substance use disorder
noun[CorU]
medicalspecializeduk/ˈsʌb.stəns juːs dɪˌsɔː.dər/us/ˈsʌb.stəns juːs dɪˌsɔːr.dɚ/aconditionthat makes youunabletostoptakingdrugsordrinkingalcohol, when thiscauseshealthproblemsor makes youunabletocontinuewithyournormallife:
Susbstance usedisordersarecommonin theprisonpopulation.
Hereceivedtreatmentforschizophreniaandsubstanceusedisorder.
Compare
addiction
substance abuse
- Doctors should becompassionatetowardspatientswithsubstanceusedisorders.
- Mostpeoplewhotryillegaldrugsdo notdevelopasubstanceusedisorder.
- Theydefinesubstanceusedisorderas eitheralcoholorsubstanceabuseordependence.
Drug addiction
- abuser
- addictiveness
- anti-crack
- buzzed
- buzzed up
- crack house
- crackhead
- dependency
- detox
- druggie
- glue-sniffer
- glue-sniffing
- habit
- habit-forming
- hooked
- hophead
- junkie
- pothead
- smackhead
- substance abuser