Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

August 17, 2023

A group of conditions related to alcohol or other drug use. In ICD-I0, section FI0-F19, ”Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use”, contains a wide variety of disorders of different severity and clinical form, all having in common the use of one or more psychoactive substances, which may or may not have been medically prescribed. The substances specified are alcohol, opioids, cannabinoids, sedatives or hypnotics, cocaine, other stimulants including caffeine, hallucinogens, tobacco, and volatile solvents.