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TROUBLE LIE CONSOMMATION MORPHINE [1 record]

Record 1 2025-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Medication
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Morphine use disorder often starts when someone is prescribed morphine for pain, and, due to the brain changes that it causes, they find it almost impossible to stop using it.

OBS

morphine addiction: The word "addiction" is sometimes considered stigmatizing.

Key term(s)
  • addiction to morphine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Médicaments
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

morphinomanie : Les désignations formées par l'ajout du suffixe «-manie» pour désigner un trouble lié à l'usage d'une substance sont parfois considérées comme stigmatisantes.

OBS

addiction à la morphine : Au Québec, l'anglicisme «addiction» est à éviter, mais il est accepté ailleurs dans la francophonie. En outre, il est parfois considéré comme stigmatisant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
  • Medicamentos
  • Psicología clínica
DEF

Uso indebido y persistente de la morfina o del opio.

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