APA Dictionary of Psychology

in DSM–IV–TR, a pattern of inhalant use marked by recurrent significant adverse consequences related to the repeated ingestion of these substances. This diagnosis is preempted by the diagnosis of inhalant dependence: If the criteria for inhalant abuse and inhalant dependence are both met, only the latter diagnosis is given. In DSM–5 and DSM-5-TR, however, both were subsumed into the category inhalant use disorder and are no longer considered distinct diagnoses. See also substance abuse.