There is considerable debate as to whether or not Alcoholism itself is a disease, although it is clear that it can sometimes cause diseases.
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∙ 2011-12-24 16:24:28There is debate about whether or not alcoholism is a disease. A large number of physicians reject the disease theory of alcoholism and medicine has proven to be ineffective in treating the behavior.
That is not a symptom of alcoholism.
There are really no accepted stages of alcoholism.
There is no medical consensus that there are any stages of alcoholism.
Alcoholism has been found to run in families and is herediatary. Alcoholism can be treated by acknowledging there is a problem and getting help.
Alcoholism is a chronic illness, according to some. However, there is considerable debate as to whether or not alcoholism is a disease. Many physicians reject the disease theory of alcoholism.
In 1956 the American Medical Association called alcoholism an "illness" and in 1991 alcoholism was deemed both a medical and psychiatric illness.
It was acute alcoholism
An acute illness is one that is very severe in that moment in time. A chronic illness is one illness, no matter what the severity, that lasts over a period of time, or goes into remission but comes back more than once. An acute illness can be chronic--- a severe illness lasting a while. An acute illness doesn't have to be chronic, though, and a chronic does not have to be acute (such as a chronic cough)
The World Health Organization acknowledged alcoholism as a serious medical problem in 1951, and the American Medical Association declared alcoholism as a treatable illness in 1956. The World Health Organization acknowledged alcoholism as a serious medical problem in 1951, and the American Medical Association declared alcoholism as a treatable illness in 1956.
acute respiratory illness
weakness to a certain degree. if it is a serious condition, it then becomes a illness.
The first phase is the treatment of acute effects of alcoholism, called detoxification. The second phase involves learning how to live with the disease of alcoholism.
homelessness
acute enreric illness
Alcohol abuse is not an illness but a behavior. The same is true of alcoholism.
There is debate about whether or not alcoholism is a disease. A large number of physicians reject the disease theory of alcoholism and medicine has proven to be ineffective in treating the behavior.