Alcoholism was defined as a disease by the American Medical Association in 1956. It is just another addiction. The arguments going around about whether or not addiction is a disease are bogus, usually put forward by someone on the fringe of the treatment industry to promote their own theories, or by people who want to blame addicts and alcoholics for their behavior instead of truly helping them.
No. medically, drug abuse is what people like to call a disease. i personally feel its just a personality trait.
Whether or not alcoholismis a disease is highly controversial and many physicians reject the theory that it is a disease.
Drug abuse doesn't mean anything. Usually people refer to it as an addiction. Addiction is NOT a disease.
The diagnosis can be made after administration of a comprehensive exam and standardized chemical abuse assessments by a therapist.
disease
Disease Model
Nutritional disorders, Sexually-transmitted disease, and Substance abuse
There are substance abuse assessments online. One such assessment can be found at http://www.healthline.com/sw/rsk-substance-abuse-assessment
personal factors that contribute substance abuse
How do you open a substance abuse recovery house?"
That does not count as substance abuse if it was only used to clean the bathroom but if you deliberately trying to smell the bleach to get a high then it is substance abuse.
Substance and child abuse are similar because they both are the resulting direction of one's emotions. In substance abuse, the person tries to drown out their emotions by drinking. In child abuse, the person takes their emotions out on the child.
Most domestic violence are caused by substance abuse. Such as alcohol, and drugs. In most cases people tend to be abuse when they under the influence of these substance.
Psychiatry Physicians are the best to diagnose substance abuse.
Such an evaluation consists of trying to determine if a person has a substance abuse problem.
The substance abuse hotline is safe for youths who partake in substance abuse. It's important for people to be able to talk to an anonymous person in confidence about their problems.
The social norms technique is an effective and inexpensive way to reduce substance abuse. It corrects misperceptions that promote such abuse.