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Cocaine
Intoxication Symptoms and DSM-IV Diagnosis
Cocaine
Intoxication Symptoms and Diagnosis Overview:
Cocaine Intoxication
symptoms and diagnostic criteria follow below. While some of these cocaine
intoxication symptoms may be recognized by family, teachers, legal and medical
professionals, and others, only properly trained mental health
professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, professional counselors etc.) can
or should even attempt to make a mental health diagnosis. Many additional
factors are considered in addition to the cocaine intoxication symptoms in
making proper diagnosis, including frequently medical and psychological testing
consideration. This information on cocaine intoxication symptoms and diagnostic
criteria are for information purposes only and should never replace the judgment
and comprehensive assessment of a trained mental health clinician.
Cocaine
Intoxication Diagnostic Criteria:
292.89 Cocaine
Intoxication
A. Recent
use of cocaine.
B. Clinically
significant maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes (e.g., euphoria or
affective blunting: changes in sociability; hypervigilance and: interpersonal
sensitivity; anxiety, tension, or anger, stereotyped behaviors: impaired
judgment; or impaired social or occupational functioning) that developed during,
or shortly after, use of cocaine.
C. Two
(or more) of the following, developing during, or shortly after, cocaine use:
(1)
tachycardia or bradycardia
(2)
pupilary dilation
(3)
elevated or lowered blood pressure
(4)
perspiration or chills
(5)
nausea or vomiting
(6)
evidence of weight loss
(7)
psychomotor agitation or retardation
(8)
muscular weakness, respiratory
depression, chest pain, or cardiac arrhythmias
(9)
confusion, seizures, dyskinesias,
dystonias, or coma
D.
The symptoms are not due to a general
medical condition and are not better accounted for by another mental disorder.
Specify if:
With Perceptual Disturbances
Information
adapted from the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV
Additional
Information and webpage by
Paul Susic
MA
Licensed Psychologist Ph.D. Candidate
(Health and Geriatric Psychologist)
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