The harmful dysfunction model of alcohol use disorder: Revised criteria to improve the validity of diagnosis and prevalence estimates

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 931-942

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a   Schmitz, Mark F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol use disorder; Concept of mental disorder; Diagnosis; Diagnostic criteria; DSM; DSM 5; DSM IV; Harmful dysfunction; NESARC; Psychiatric epidemiology; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CRAVING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CRAVING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929132305     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12859     Document Type: Article

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