title: Introduction to DSM-5 criteria linked papers in drug and alcohol dependence.
abstract: The DSM-5 Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Workgroup has considered a number of issues in the process of implementing revisions designed to result in better definitions of the disorders. One of the main issues considered was what to do about the DSM-IV division between two disorders, abuse and dependence. This issue arose because the reliability and validity of abuse was far lower and more variable than the reliability and validity of dependence, and also because misconceptions regarding the relationship of abuse to dependence abound among clinicians and researchers. Additional issues the SUD workgroup considered included whether to add new criteria, e.g., craving, and remove existing criteria, e.g. legal problems. Some issues pertaining to gambling disorders were considered as well.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Drive #123, New York, NY 10032, USA. dsh2@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Deborah S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hasin
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy