Research in the 1950s showed that animals – mammals in particular – compulsively used and abused the same drugs as humans. Yet other psycoactive drugs – the ones used for treatment of mental health conditions – did not cause the same compulsive use patterns. Dr. Darryl Inaba expands on the use of these medications, and the ways they affect people with substance use disorders – commonly knows as dual-diagnosis or co-occurring disorders.
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Addiction is generally associated with increased drug tolerance. In physiological terms, addiction is not necessarily associated with substance abuse since this form of addiction can result from using medication as prescribed by a doctor.
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