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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
A substance-specific organic brain syndrome that follows the discontinuation of administration or use, or reduction in intake of an addictive substance, e.g. opioids, barbiturates and alcohol; amphetamines or similarly acting sympathomimetics; cocaine; nicotine; sedatives, hypnotics, or anxiolytics. Syndrome manifests with diverse, often painful physical and psychological symptoms, which include but not limited to intense drug craving, anxiety, depression, insomnia, nausea, perspiration, body aches, tremors, hallucinations, and convulsions. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Classification of substance use data.
A term used to describe the state or condition of substance use data.
A characterization of the relationship of a substance use conclusion beginning point in time to a reference point in time.
The day of the week substance usage began.
The date and time substance usage began.
