1. Alcohol Addiction: One Entity or Different Entities? A DSM-4-Based Attempt Toward a Geographicization of Alcohol Addiction and Abuse.
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Allamani A, Voller F, Bravi S, Pepe P, Biffino M, Buscema PM, Maurelli G, Massini G, Einstein S, Manthey J, and Rehm J
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- Humans, Alcohol Drinking epidemiology, Alcohol Drinking adverse effects, Beer, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Europe epidemiology, Wine, Alcoholism diagnosis, Alcoholism epidemiology
- Abstract
Aim: To examine whether in Europe perceptions of 'alcoholism' differ in a discrete manner according to geographical area., Method: Secondary analysis of a data set from a European project carried out in 2013-2014 among 1767 patients treated in alcohol addiction units of nine countries/regions across Europe. The experience of all 11 DSM-4 criteria used for diagnosing 'alcohol dependence' and 'alcohol abuse' were assessed in patient interviews. The analysis was performed through Multiple Correspondence Analysis., Results: The symptoms of 'alcohol dependence' and 'alcohol abuse', posited by DSM-IV, were distributed according to three discrete geographical patterns: a macro-area mainly centered on drinking beer and spirit, a culture traditionally oriented toward wine and a mixed intermediate alcoholic beverage situation., Conclusion: These patterns of perception seem to parallel the diverse drinking cultures of Europe., (© The Author(s) 2022. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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