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Delineate the Various Types of Drug Tolerance

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Delineate the various types of drug tolerance. Are they the same? What are their significant differences, and why is tolerance an important consideration in understanding drug use, especially continuing, compulsive use?


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Informed Consent

The process through which individuals are provided with essential information about a medical procedure or treatment, its risks, benefits, and alternatives, to make a voluntary and educated decision about whether to proceed.

Right to Refuse Treatment

The legal right of patients, deemed competent to make such decisions, to refuse medical treatment, including psychiatric medication.

Manic or Psychotic

Referring to a state of high energy, often with grandiose plans and behaviors, that may disconnect individuals from reality, sometimes seen in bipolar disorder.

Impaired Competence

A reduced ability or effectiveness in fulfilling or carrying out tasks or duties to a satisfactory standard.

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