APA Dictionary of Psychology

in DSM–IV–TR, a pattern of repeated or compulsive use of inhalants despite significant inhalant-related behavioral, physiological, and psychosocial problems and tolerance and characteristic withdrawal symptoms if use is suspended. In DSM–5 and DSM-5-TR, inhalant dependence and inhalant abuse were subsumed into inhalant use disorder and are no longer considered distinct diagnoses. See also substance dependence.