substance use disorder
mental disorder involving the abuse or dependence on a substance that is ingested in order to produce a high, alter one's senses, or otherwise affect functioning
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Summary
substance use disorder is a class of disease[1]. It draws 3,603 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #317 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: mental disorder[3], substance-related disorder[4]
- Has part(s): substance abuse[5], substance dependence[6], stimulant use disorder[7]
- Facet of: psychoactive drug use[8]
- Has effect: substance abuse[9]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C92203[10]
- Different from: substance dependence[11]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[12], clinical psychology[13], narcology[14]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: desipramine[15], doxapram[16], substance abuse treatment[17]
- Genetic association: LOC102723788[18], SLC6A3[19]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_303[20], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:303[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[22]
Why It Matters
substance use disorder has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]