DSM IV CODES/DIAGNOSIS?

Published April 3, 2014

Question by Annabelle: DSM IV CODES/DIAGNOSIS?
If someone meets the criteria for alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine abuse would that give them the diagnosis of poly-substance abuse because there are three substances, even though one is alcohol, or would they all be written separately without the poly-substance title and code?

Best answer:

Answer by Blackcompe
If the person fulfills the contract of substance abuse — failing work related obligations, arrests, hazardous situations, interpersonal problems — and they abuse three or more drugs, then that’s poly-substance abuse.

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