Substance, not semantics, is the issue: Comments on the proposed addiction criteria for dsm-v

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 870-872

  Babor, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Diagnosis; Diagnostic criteria; DSM V; Public health; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; SEMANTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; SEMANTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953785655     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03313.x     Document Type: Note

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