What does new classification of substance use disorders promise?

Authors

  • Elif Mutlu İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi , İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Keywords:

substance use disorders

Abstract

In the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), one of the categories with substantial change is the chapter “Alcohol and Substance Related Disorders”. With the recent version, the terms “abuse” and “dependence” abolished to get replaced by the new criterion of “alcohol and substance use disorders”. How these new classifications and crite-rions will have an impact on the prevalence studies is still an issue of concern.

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Published

2016-03-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Review

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