Approaches to diagnosis of alcohol dependence
John, U.
Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie und Psychotherapie 41(1): 1-17
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0723-6557 PMID: 8511950 Document Number: 406627
In a basic part are discussed: aims of the diagnosis, psychological and somatic dependence, psychological defence of the reality of dependence, the estimation of alcoholism and its "severity", the alcohol dependence syndrome and approaches to a multidimensional diagnosis. A second part deals with single diagnostic methods. Combinations out of self-statements of the probands and medical results provide a differentiated diagnosis.