... THE PROBLEM IS THE PERSON NOT THE DRUG. ADDICTION IS A SYMPTOM NOT THE ESSENCE OF THE DISORDER. CHEMICAL DETOXIFICATION ... abuse is a disorder of the whole person. Addiction is a symptom, not the essence of a disorder. The prob- ...

... the analgesic drugs, the barbiturates produce true withdrawal symptoms. Addiction to bar- biturates may be more dangerous and ... Selection of an Institution for Treatment. When the diagnosis of addiction has been made and the patient has agreed ...

... psychologically dependent. Secondly, the criteria upon which the diagnosis of addiction and the estimation of its morbidity are based ... drug abuse is not a disease, but a symptom of an underlying character disorder. ... drug addiction as one form of personality disturbance or character ...

... DRUGS REPORT 15 time to time. Witnesses described addiction as a symptom of varying personality inadequacies rather than a disease ... of such a ward, cannot be established. Narcotic addiction is regarded as a symptom of personality disorder and the addict, therefore, receives ...

... fully as difficult 4 to cure as heroin addiction. ' The symptoms of demerol and heroin addiction are almost identical, police said. Y ANOTHER DOCTOR " ...

... 1931, 81: 413-5.—Doane, J. C. Drug addiction; a symptom. Ther. Gaz., Detr., 1924, n. ser., 40: 543-5.—Glover, E. On the aetiology of drug-addiction. Internat. J. Psychoanal., Lond., 1932, 13: 298-328. ----- ...

... further administration of the drug of the patient’s addiction. In general, the symptoms, signs and phenomena consist of a sense of ... further administration of the drug of the patient’s addiction. In general, the symptoms, signs and phenomena consist of a sense of ...

... withdrawal. It is in this way that the diagnosis of drug addiction is chiefly made—not by direct examination, but by the so-called withdrawal symptoms. The drug addict has always been unpopular with ...

... also extremely probable that, in most cases, drug addiction is a symptom of a psychopathic state, though it produces symptoms ... be an important indication of the fact that addiction had pre- ceded. When such withdrawal symptoms do not occur, it is good evidence that ...

... drug addiction. Cocaine and its physiological effects. Cocaine addiction. Withdrawal symptoms. Morphine poisoning. The relative infrequency of habit-formation ...