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Alcoholism starts in youth, so it should be screened for
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30374
Subject(s) - alcohol use disorder , psychiatry , alcohol , psychology , alcohol dependence , disease , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) — what used to be called alcoholism, but a condition which by definition is sometimes used to apply to everyone who drinks alcohol and is underage — is not a disease of adults only. It starts in childhood, and that's why Scott E. Hadland, M.D., and colleagues argue for screening in the February issue of Pediatrics .