🍺Alcohol dependence is recognized as a global public health problem.
📚ICD11 categorizes alcohol dependence under mental, behavioral, or neurodevelopmental disorders.
🍷DSM5 categorizes alcohol dependence as alcohol use disorder.
🚦ICD11 allows for an episodic course of alcohol dependence, while DSM5 requires symptoms for at least 12 months.
⚕️Alcohol dependence can lead to physical health consequences, comorbid psychiatric conditions, and social impairments.