Dysfunctional changes in physiological functioning, psychological
functioning, mood state, cognitive process, or all of these, as a
consequence of consumption of [cocaine]; usually disruptive, and
often stemming from central nervous system impairment.*
Diagnostic criteria for 292.89 Cocaine Intoxication
(cautionary statement)
A. Recent use of cocaine.
B. Clinically significant maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes (e.g.,
euphoria or affective
blunting; changes in sociability; hypervigilance; 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) pupillary 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
Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American
Psychiatric Association
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Also: high, intoxicated, coked up
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*Excerpt with permission from Graham, Allan W. & Schultz, Terry K.
(Editors)
Principles of Addiction Medicine, 2nd Edition
Hardcover 1998 (American Society of Addiction Medicine)
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