Substance use disorders - a conceptual and terminological muddle

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 879-882

  Room, Robin ^a,b,c  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DSM V; Nosology; Substance use disorder; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953786052     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03352.x     Document Type: Note

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