Substance Use
Dimension 443 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Substance Use measures the presence and extent of expressions about consuming psychoactive substances, especially tobacco and related products, but also alcohol and other drugs. It encompasses experimentation, habitual use, and use in situations that indicate reduced restraint or broader involvement.
evidence final name · Substance use
Minimal Substance Use
Expressions activating this band contain little clear substance-use content or only indirect, mixed, or incidental references, with use not established as a salient personal behavior.
Low Substance Use
Expressions activating this band describe active substance use in a limited or routine way, such as weekly drug use, recent smoking frequency, or ordinary consumption patterns without strong signs of escalation.
Occasional Substance Use
Expressions activating this band describe experimentation or intermittent use, including trying smoking or other drugs once or a few times and reporting light or irregular consumption.
Constrained Substance Use
Expressions activating this band describe substance use that persists despite situational restrictions or is framed in terms of difficulty refraining, indicating use that presses against external limits.
Broad Substance Use
Expressions activating this band describe involvement with multiple or less conventional smoked substances, such as hookah, shisha, or khat, indicating a wider and more established pattern of substance use.
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Minimal Substance use: Substance use is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse substance use.
Emerging Substance use: Substance use is experienced here as observable behavioral patterns associated with problematic or disordered functioning. Unlike the band below, where substance use was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band engage with substance use at a level associated with formal behavioral assessment.
Elevated Substance use: Substance use is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where substance use was characterized by the behavioral form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect substance use at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Severe Substance use: Substance use is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where substance use was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect substance use at this level of intensity.