Mental Disorders Due to Substance Abuse

Drugs are substances that alter the functioning of the central nervous system and cause changes in behavior, the body, and the mind. They can even cause mental disorders. In this article, we ask the question, how many mental disorders due to substance abuse are there? Furthermore, what characterizes them? When the disorder doesn’t abate with the abandonment of the substance in question, we speak of a primary mental disorder. On the other hand, if it does subside with the abandonment of the substance, we speak of mental disorders due to substance use. However, it’s useful to differentiate a disorder that originates…