Sentences with phrase «reinforcing subsequent use»

Negative reinforcement models of substance use posit that the use of drugs serves to regulate emotion by removing the stimulus responsible for the experience of negative affect (and symptoms of withdrawal with increasingly severe SUDs), thus further reinforcing subsequent use of drugs over time [73, 74, 75].3 Substance use may thus serve as a means of coping with the increased negative affect and dysregulated mood related specifically to internalizing and externalizing disorders [e.g., 78].