According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5), substance use disorders are defined as exhibiting: ...

DSM-5 and ICD-10 are descriptive and avoid attributing explanatory causation or clear-cut etiologies. Therefore, they use terms such as “disorder” and “dependence syndromes,” respectively.

According to criteria from The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), substance use disorders represent a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to ...

Findings show young and old faced mental health and substance use challenges, sometimes both, during the second year of the pandemic.

Chronic pain patients on long-term opioids face higher risks for opioid use disorder, particularly with longer pain duration, trauma, and psychological distress.

DSM-IV didn’t even use the term addiction, but instead referred to dependence. I am not part of the new DSM-5 Substance-Related Disorders Work Group, but take a vital interest in its conclusions.

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However, the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, the “ground truth” definition used in scientific research, has replaced “addiction” with mild, moderate, or severe ...