What Evidence Led Developers of DSM to the Distinction Between

question 36

Multiple Choice

What evidence led developers of DSM to the distinction between substance abuse and substance dependence?

• A) Substance abuse is more severe than dependence.
• B) Substance abusers do not suffer serious impairment.
• C) People who are dependent on substances do not all abuse substances.
• D) People whose adjustment is impaired by substance abuse do not all progress to a level of dependence.

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Definitions:

Forgetting

Forgetting is the process through which information is lost from memory over time, which can occur due to various reasons such as failure to retrieve, interference, or decay of memory traces.

Fades With Time

The process of something becoming less intense, visible, or relevant as time passes.

Source Misattribution

The inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from information you learned about the event elsewhere.

Actual Memory

The true and accurate recollection of past events, as opposed to reconstructed or imagined memories.