Chronic mental illness characterized by inability to limit alcohol ingestion, compulsive drinking, and a negative emotional state when not drinking.
Previously separated into alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, but as of DSM-5, the diagnoses were combined into<unk> , and subdivided into mild, moderate, or severe.
It is estimated that about 6% of adults in the US suffer from<unk> .
Alcohol use disorder
Ethanol toxicity
Depression
Bipolar disorder
Alcohol withdrawal
Alcohol withdrawal seizures
Drugs of abuse
Delerium tremens