"addiction" obsolete! It's now controlled "dependence" says DSM-IV

from Stanton Peele
From the right, the directors of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have written a plea to return to the term “addiction” – which was replaced by “dependence” in DSM-IV – in DSM-V.
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For example, these assessments will often refer to a prior dependence diagnosis, then claim the person has relapsed since they are again drinking. But, per my role in that volume, there is no mention of use as a sign of relapse, but only use leading to “clinically significant impairment or distress.” DSM thuhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifs takes the radical position that use of any drug can be controlled, including even following a diagnosis of dependence. Continue at
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