30.05.2016 | Letter to the Editor
The 2015 French guidelines on alcohol misuse, issued in partnership with the European Federation of Addiction Societies: a focus on children and adolescents
verfasst von:
Benjamin Rolland, François Paille, Karl Mann, Henri-Jean Aubin
Erschienen in:
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Ausgabe 10/2016
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Excerpt
Alcohol misuse is defined as any prolonged or recurrent alcohol drinking pattern at levels above the low-risk drinking thresholds [
1]. Alcohol misuse thus encompasses ‘at risk’ or ‘hazardous’ drinking, in which symptoms or consequences do not meet clinical diagnostic criteria for a disorder, and alcohol use disorders (AUDs), in which chronic or recurrent consequences are manifested in the form of impaired daily functioning. AUDs can be divided into two categories: (1) harmful alcohol use, characterized by damage to the user’s mental or physical health but without meeting the criteria for dependence, and (2) alcohol dependence, which basically consists of the user’s inability to control alcohol use because of withdrawal symptoms a too strong compulsion (or “craving”) for alcohol. …