ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that the reader is adept and comfortable with descriptive, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) interviewing and diagnostic assessment. It aims to teach the overall diagnosis of a Substance use disorder (SUD) rather than the nuances of each possible addictive substance or behavior. The chapter discusses the abnormal weight gain, or obesity, as prescription weight loss agents are more readily available for prescription by psychopharmacologists. All of psychiatric prescribing at this beginning level is based on regulatory findings, approvals, and indications that are psychiatric disorder specific. Psychotropics will only deliver the outcomes promised if the patient at hand actually has been accurately identified as having a SUD. SUD in adults is more often than not confounded by other psychiatric disorder, such as anxiety, depression, bipolarity, and personality disorder. Interestingly, personality disorders seem to predict ongoing and treatment-resistant substance misuse more so than depression, anxiety.
