Initiated by the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health (MoH) with the support of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, the study will provide the MoH the most up to date epidemiological ...

Substance use is not, by itself, a disorder. According to DSM-5, widely used as a roadmap to diagnosis, it becomes a disorder when use eludes control and interferes with functioning. Substance use ...

However, the latest edition, DSM-5, has included both conditions under the umbrella term of substance use disorder. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

Of the 15 patients who refused to take part, six were male and nine were female, their mean age was 30.1 years, and all had alcohol as their main substance ... Disorders Work Group for the DSM-5 ...

The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) defines cannabis use disorder as ... Similar to the way other substance abuse disorders ...

Building off of the work completed in Phase 1 of the Prevalence & Distribution Study, this phase will involve: (1) the development of detailed ideal suites of services for thirteen selected DSM-5 ...

In DSM-5, published in 2013, the chapter on substance-related and addictive disorders fails to acknowledge the clinical ...

According to Dr Azizan, substance dependence ... Fifth Edition (DSM-5), where there are 11 criteria,” said Dr Azizan. Dr Azizan said drug use disorder under the DSM is defined as a problematic ...