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Medical condition
Alcohol abuse
"The Drunkard's Progress", 1846
Specialty
Psychiatry
Symptoms
Relationship difficulties, legal problems, problems at work or school, insomnia, irritability, chronic fatigue.
Complications
Alcoholic liver disease, Pancreatitis (acute or chronic), cancer
Alcohol abuse encompasses a spectrum of alcohol-related substance abuse, ranging from the consumption of more than 2 drinks per day on average for men, or more than 1 drink per day on average for women, to binge drinking or alcohol use disorder.[1]
Alcohol abuse was a psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-IV, but it has been merged with alcohol dependence in the DSM-5 into alcohol use disorder.[2][3]
Globally, excessive alcohol consumption is the seventh leading risk factor for both death and the burden of disease and injury,[4] representing 5.1% of the total global burden of disease and injury, measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).[5] After tobacco, alcohol accounts for a higher burden of disease than any other drug. Alcohol use is a major cause of preventable liver disease worldwide, and alcoholic liver disease is the main alcohol-related chronic medical illness.[6] Millions of people of all ages, from adolescents to the elderly, engage in unhealthy drinking.[7] In the United States, excessive alcohol use costs more than $249 billion annually.[8] There are many factors that play a role in causing someone to have an alcohol use disorder: genetic vulnerabilities, neurobiological precursors, psychiatric conditions, trauma, social influence, environmental factors, and even parental drinking habits.[9]
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