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CHAPTER OUTLINE
Substance Use: When Use Becomes a Disorder
Substance Use Versus Intoxication
Substance Use Disorders
Culture and Context
Stimulants
What Are Stimulants?
Understanding Stimulants
Depressants
What Are Depressants?
Understanding Depressants
Other Abused Substances
What Are Other Abused Substances?
Understanding Other Abused Substances
Feedback Loops in Understanding Substance Use Disorders
Treating Substance Use Disorders
Goals of Treatment
Targeting Neurological Factors
Targeting Psychological Factors
Targeting Social Factors
Feedback Loops in Treating Substance Use Disorders
The musical group the Beatles were so famous that the four members—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—found that they were essentially prisoners in their hotel rooms when on tour. Frenzied fans would try to steal into the rooms, going so far as to lower themselves down from the hotel roof! Sick of it all, the Beatles stopped touring and just recorded music in the studio. Many of their songs broke all the conventions of rock-and-roll music, and the Beatles developed the first themed rock album, with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album practically reeked of drug use, and the band members became famous both for their music and for their lifestyles—setting a model for a generation that experimented with mind-altering drugs. Beneath the musical history of the Beatles is a story of substance use and use disorders that illustrates the focus of this chapter.