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DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders: recommendations and rationale.
DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders: recommendations and rationale.
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The American journal of psychiatry [Am J Psychiatry] 2013 Aug; Vol. 170 (8), pp. 834-51. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Since DSM-IV was published in 1994, its approach to substance use disorders has come under scrutiny. Strengths were identified (notably, reliability and validity of dependence), but concerns have also arisen. The DSM-5 Substance-Related Disorders Work Group considered these issues and recommended revisions for DSM-5. General concerns included whether to retain the division into two main disorders (dependence and abuse), whether substance use disorder criteria should be added or removed, and whether an appropriate substance use disorder severity indicator could be identified. Specific issues included possible addition of withdrawal syndromes for several substances, alignment of nicotine criteria with those for other substances, addition of biomarkers, and inclusion of nonsubstance, behavioral addictions.This article presents the major issues and evidence considered by the work group, which included literature reviews and extensive new data analyses. The work group recommendations for DSM-5 revisions included combining abuse and dependence criteria into a single substance use disorder based on consistent findings from over 200,000 study participants, dropping legal problems and adding craving as criteria, adding cannabis and caffeine withdrawal syndromes, aligning tobacco use disorder criteria with other substance use disorders, and moving gambling disorders to the chapter formerly reserved for substance-related disorders. The proposed changes overcome many problems, while further studies will be needed to address issues for which less data were available.
- Subjects :
- Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome classification
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome diagnosis
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome psychology
Substance-Related Disorders psychology
United States
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders classification
Substance-Related Disorders diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1535-7228
- Volume :
- 170
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23903334
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12060782