Module contents

Module home

Module introduction

Module information

Related articles: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

About the authors

Pre-module test

 

Section 1: Introduction and epidemiology

(1.1) Section 1: Introduction and epidemiology

(1.2) Introduction and epidemiology

(1.3) Introduction and epidemiology

(1.4) Reflection

(1.5) Epidemiology of stimulant misuse

(1.6) Epidemiology of stimulant misuse

(1.7) Section 1: Recap

(1.8) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Cocaine and crack cocaine

(2.1) Section 2: Cocaine and crack cocaine

(2.2) Difference between cocaine and crack cocaine

(2.3) Cocaine: misuse among the general population

(2.4) Cocaine: misuse among the general population

(2.5) Pause for thought

(2.6) Pause for thought: answer

(2.7) Crack cocaine: misuse among the general population

(2.8) Cocaine: misuse among young adults

(2.9) Patterns of use and socio-demographics

(2.10) Profiles of cocaine users

(2.11) Treatment demand indicator

(2.12) Treatment demand indicator

(2.13) Reflection

(2.14) Reflection: answer

(2.15) Cocaine-related deaths

(2.16) Cocaine-related deaths

(2.17) Section 2: Recap

(2.18) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Amphetamine, methamphetamine and ecstasy

(3.1) Section 3: Amphetamine, methamphetamine and ecstasy

(3.2) Definitions

(3.3) Definitions

(3.4) Amphetamine, methamphetamine and ecstasy: misuse among the

general population

(3.5) Amphetamine and methamphetamine: misuse among the general population

(3.6) Amphetamine and methamphetamine: misuse among the general population

(3.7) Amphetamine and methamphetamine: misuse among the general population

(3.8) Amphetamine and methamphetamine: misuse among young adults

(3.9) Amphetamine and methamphetamine: treatment demand indicator

(3.10) Amphetamine- and methamphetamine-related deaths

(3.11) Ecstasy: misuse among the general population

(3.12) Ecstasy: misuse among the general population

(3.13) Pause for thought

(3.14) Pause for thought: answer

(3.15) Ecstasy: misuse among young adults

(3.16) Ecstasy: patterns of use

(3.17) Ecstasy: treatment demand indicator

(3.18) Ecstasy-related deaths

(3.19) Section 3: Recap

(3.20) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Novel psychoactive drugs, research chemicals and
‘legal highs’

(4.1) Section 4: Novel psychoactive drugs, research chemicals and ‘legal highs’

(4.2) Novel psychoactive drugs, research chemicals and ‘legal highs’

(4.3) Novel psychoactive drugs, research chemicals and ‘legal highs’

(4.4) BZP and piperazine derivatives

(4.5) Mephedrone and cathinone derivatives

(4.6) Mephedrone and cathinone derivatives

(4.7) Mephedrone-related deaths

(4.8) Naphyrone

(4.9) Section 4: Recap

(4.10) Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Stimulant misuse: impact on mental health

(5.1) Section 5: Stimulant misuse: impact on mental health

(5.2) Introduction

(5.3) Dual diagnosis

(5.4) Dual diagnosis

(5.5) Substance-induced psychiatric disorders

(5.6) Substance-induced psychiatric disorders

(5.7) Cocaine: impact on mental health

(5.8) Cocaine: impact on mental health

(5.9) Cocaine: clinical vignette

(5.10) Amphetamines: impact on mental health

(5.11) Amphetamines: impact on mental health

(5.12) Psychopathological consequences

(5.13) Clinical signs of amphetamine intoxication

(5.14) Amphetamine-induced psychosis

(5.15) Amphetamine withdrawal symptoms

(5.16) Amphetamine neurotoxicity

(5.17) Amphetamine: clinical vignette

(5.18) Ecstasy: impact on mental health

(5.19) Psychoactive effects

(5.20) Neurocognitive problems

(5.21) Impact on serotonin levels

(5.22) Impact on serotonin levels

(5.23) Acute and long-term consequences

(5.24) Ecstasy: clinical vignette

(5.25) Mephedrone: impact on mental health

(5.26) Mephedrone: impact on mental health

(5.27) Mephedrone: clinical vignette

(5.28) Section 5: Recap

(5.29) Section 5: Summary

 

Module summary

Module test

References

Further reading

Acknowledgements

Take-home notes

Send feedback

 

Appendix

(5.9) Transcript: cocaine – clinical vignette

(5.17) Transcript: amphetamine – clinical vignette

(5.24) Transcript: ecstasy – clinical vignette

 

© 2011 Royal College of Psychiatrists