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Alcoholism
Alcoholism, also known as alcohol dependence, is a disease that includes the following
four symptoms:
• Craving - A strong need, or urge,
to drink.
• Loss of control - Not being able to stop
drinking once drinking has begun.
• Physical Dependence
-Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety after stopping
drinking.
• Tolerance - The need to drink greater amounts
of alcohol to get "high." For clinical and research purposes, formal diagnostic
criteria for alcoholism also have been developed. Such criteria are included in
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition,
published by the American Psychiatric Association, as well as in the International
Classification Diseases, published by the World Health Organization.
(See also "Publications," Alcohol
Alert No. 30: Diagnostic Criteria for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence.)
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