Substance use and substance use disorder (formerly substance abuse) differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person ...

One of the biggest changes in the DSM-5 is the decision to meld the separate abuse and dependence categories into a single diagnosis in which a person has to meet two or more items for a diagnosis.

It is a well known fact that every new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders stirs up a host of questions and controversies, and the next DSM—the DSM-5, to be ...

Every new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders stirs up a host of questions and controversies, and the next DSM—the DSM-5, to be published in 2013—is no exception. The ...

Using the criteria contained within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the diagnostic standard, almost 1 in 5 individuals smoking weed for medical therapeutic reasons ...

Substance use disorder (SUD) is a condition where a person misuses alcohol or drugs, ... (DSM-5-TR). A person must meet at least two of the DSM-5-TR criteria over a 12-month period.

The newest edition has combined substance abuse and dependence into a new category, substance use disorder. DSM-V was the first edition to include gambling addiction in the definition, as the ...

Earlier editions of the DSM explicitly said there are alcohol and other drug problems that legitimately exist but do not reach the level of addiction; Alcoholics Anonymous itself differentiates ...

The DSM-5-TR sorts the behaviors that define a substance use disorder into four categories: Lack of control difficulty controlling how much of the drug you consume or for how long you use it ...

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most ... which had relied on diagnostic criteria from the DSM-IV.

By eliminating "Substance Abuse," DSM-5 confounds the very different treatment, course, and prognosis of the typical college binge-drinker and a down-and-out end-stage addict.