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Addiction Medicine
New research on addiction medicine from J. Rehm and co-authors summarized
May 18th, 2008
According to recent research from Toronto, Canada, "Alcohol policy has been shown to have an impact on the incidence and prevalence of alcohol ''addiction,'' or alcohol use disorders (AUDs), as currently defined by the International Classification of Diseases, volume 10, or by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition. We will mainly use the term ''addiction'' to depict a state involving loss of control over intense urges to consume alcohol, even at the expense of adverse consequences." "This definition goes beyond pure '' physiological dependence.''(1) We will use the term AUD when referring to statistics based on the above-described...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-05-18)
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