DSM-5 substance use disorder: How conceptual missteps weakened the foundations of the addictive disorders field

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 327-334

  Wakefield, J C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BINGE DRINKING; CANNABIS USE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DSM-5; DSM-IV; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CONTROL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYNDROME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84944156704     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12446     Document Type: Editorial

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