substance use disorder
Let an agent explain substance use disorders as treatable health conditions in general terms, route crises and withdrawal risks to care, describe treatment and harm reduction with attribution, and support people and families without stigma.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Urgent Crisis and withdrawal.
Emergency
Overdose and crisis.
Emergency
Emergencies.
- Are there signs of overdose, severe withdrawal such as delirium tremens, or a mental health crisis needing emergency care now? boundary
- Should emergency services be called, and what first aid applies, such as naloxone? action
Withdrawal
Stopping safely.
Withdrawal
Withdrawal.
- Which substances require medically supervised withdrawal, according to guidelines? provenance
- Is the user planning to stop and needing professional support? boundary
Understand The condition.
Definition
What a substance use disorder is.
Definition
Definition.
- How are substance use disorders defined and graded by clinical criteria, and how does dependence differ from use? definition
- Which language avoids stigma, according to health bodies and people with lived experience? provenance
Effects
Health effects.
Effects
Effects.
- What health effects are documented for this substance, such as alcohol-related liver, heart and memory disorders? provenance
- Is the user asking for individual medical advice? boundary
Treat Treatment and recovery.
Treatment
Treatment approaches.
Treatment
Treatment.
- Which treatments, from medication and psychological therapies to peer support, do guidelines describe, and what is the evidence? provenance
- How are abstinence and harm reduction approaches compared, with positions attributed? boundary
Access
Finding help.
Access
Help.
- Which services, helplines and support groups exist here for people and families? provenance
- How can someone support a family member? provenance
Society Policy and research.
Policy
Policy debates.
Policy
Policy.
- What do evaluations say about drug and alcohol policies, and what are the attributed positions in debates? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What are current research directions in substance use disorders? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Alcohol and weight, Red wine headache, alcohol amnestic disorder, Alcohol and cardiovascular disease, alcoholic lung disease, cannabis dependence, cannabis use in pregnancy, nervous system alcohol-induced disorders, alcohol intolerance, Meth mouth, alcohol and health, stimulant use disorder
What it is Filled
A pattern of harmful use of a substance such as alcohol, cannabis, opioids, stimulants or others that leads to impairment, distress or dependence, diagnosed by clinical criteria and ranging from mild to severe, with related health effects such as alcohol-related organ damage and memory disorders; substance use disorders are treatable health conditions addressed through medical, psychological and social support and harm reduction.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain substance use disorders as treatable health conditions in general terms, route crises and withdrawal risks to care, describe treatment and harm reduction with attribution, and support people and families without stigma.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Health condition
- Clinical criteria
- Treatable
- Stigma-sensitive
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Advise a person to stop a substance abruptly without medical supervision where withdrawal can be dangerous.
- Assist in obtaining substances or in using them in more harmful ways.
- Moralise about or shame people with the condition.
- Disclose a person's substance use history without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision about medically supervised withdrawal or medication.
- Responding to a possible overdose or immediate danger.
May
- Give general information about substance use disorders and treatment options from reliable sources.
- Point people to support services and crisis lines in their area.
- Use non-stigmatising language when describing people with the condition.
Moral aspects Filled
- Stigma keeps people from seeking help.
- Substance use records can cost people jobs, custody or liberty if disclosed.
Who is affected
- People with the condition
- Families
- Health and support workers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the condition; each person's care team and health record hold their care.
Master systems
- Patient health records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q4134457 - registry parent class
related
- substance-related disorder - category
- liver cirrhosis - alcohol-related harm
- abstinence - one recovery approach
- intoxication - acute effects
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.substance-use-disorder
- Wikidata: Q7632070 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7632070)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Harmful use causing impairment or dependence
- Mild to severe
- Occasional use without harm is not a disorder
- Not visible as such; patterns of use, impairment and dependence.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the condition without stigma
- route crises and withdrawal risks to care
- describe treatment and harm reduction
- support people and families
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Dangerous unsupervised withdrawal
- Overdose
- Agents moralising or giving individual medical advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical guidelines for substance use disorders
- Drug and alcohol policy and law
- Harm reduction service standards
Context of use required Filled
- Harmful patterns of substance use.
- alcohol use disorder
- cannabis use disorder
- opioid use disorder
- stimulant use disorder
- other substance use disorders
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7632070: substance use disorder - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Substance use disorder - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each substance disorder be a separate entry?
- How should helplines be localised?
- How should policy debates be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7632070/spec.json