Exposure to organic solvents during inhalant abuse occurs at. Bipolar i disorder, current or most recent episode hypomanic effective october 1, 2015. Inhalant use and inhalant use disorders in the united states. Recognition and prevention of inhalant abuse american. Inhalant use is prevalent among 8th10th graders, reporting an average of 10% of students in these grades having ever used inhalants nida, 2011 in general, inhalants are used by the younger generations and are poorly studied because of the heterogeneity of the substances involved. Common household items and chemicals are typically inhaled and were never intended to be.
To diagnose accurately, clinicians need to able to. Inhalant abuse among children and adolescents national institute. Inhalants and related disorders definition the inhalants are a class of drugs that include a broad range of chemicals found in hundreds of different products, many of which are readily available to the general population. Inhalant related disorders are a category of disorders including inhalant intoxication and inhalant use disorder that involve the abuse of glue, paint, lighter fluid, or other substances or. Inhalant use, abuse, and dependence among adolescent patients. Using inhalants bagging, glading, huffing, snorting inhalant user airhead, bagger, huffer cracker tool used to open a canister of nitrous oxide links nida infofacts.
Inhalant related disorder nos inhalant induced disorders may be characterized by symptoms e. Inhalantrelated disorders are a category of disordersincluding inhalant intoxication and inhalantuse disorderthat involve the abuse of glue. Inhalant abuse refers to the intentional inhalation of vapors from commercial products or specific chemical agents to achieve intoxication. Inhalants are volatile substances that produce chemical vapors that can be. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition. Inhalants refer to a wide variety of household products containing hydrocarbons.
These chemicals include volatile solvents liquids that vaporize at room temperature and aerosols sprays that contain solvents and propellants. Treatment modules and therapeutic approaches for inhalant abuse. Inhalantrelated psychiatric disorders are a heterogenous group of illnesses caused by the abuse of solvents, glues, paint, fuels, or other. Manualbased treatment guidelines may replace one rigid system with another. Inhalant abuse and dependence criteria parallel the generic substance abuse and dependence diagnostic criteria outlined in the diagnostic and statistical manual. It is important to have a substance abuse assessment completed by an addiction professional to determine the appropriate treatment process for. Inhalants and related disorders children, causes, dsm. Recurrent inhalant use is associated with serious health problems.
Inhalantrelated psychiatric disorders clinical presentation. Abusers may inhale vapors directly from a container, from a bag into which a substance has been placed, or from a rag soaked with a substance and then placed over the mouth or nose american psychiatric association apa, 2000. Statement of learning need clinicians need to be informed about how to identify and diagnose an inhalant use disorder according the dsm5 criteria. Inhalant use disorder is a psychological condition that applies to the deliberate use of inhalants, not to the accidental inhalation of toxic or psychoactive substances, even if they are the same substances that are people inhale when they have inhalant use disorder, and even if they produce identical effects. Professor and chair, department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, schwab chair in social, community and family psychiatry, university. The disorders discussed in the chapter are classified under the inhalant.
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