Abstract
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most common psychiatric disease in the general population, characterized by having a pattern of excessive drinking despite the negative effects of alcohol on the individual’s work, medical, legal, educational, and/or social life. Currently, the bio-psycho-social model describes properly AUD as a multidimensional phenomenon including biological, psychological, and socio-cultural variables affecting the nature, maintenance, and expression of the disorder. The AUD diagnostic process is crucial since the treatment success depends heavily on the accuracy and the adequacy of the diagnosis. The diagnosis is based on a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s characteristics and uses interviews and psychometric instruments for collecting information. This paper will provide insights into the most important psychological dimensions of AUD and on the best psychometric instruments for proposing AUD diagnosis.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 128-140 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Rivista di Psichiatria |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 19 2018 |
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Keywords
- Alcoholism/diagnosis
- Cognition Disorders/chemically induced
- Comorbidity
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Interpersonal Relations
- Interview, Psychological
- Mental Disorders/epidemiology
- Motivational Interviewing
- Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
- Personality Disorders/epidemiology
- Psychological Tests
- Psychometrics
- Quality of Life
- Severity of Illness Index
- Symptom Assessment
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Diagnosis of alcohol use disorder from a psychological point of view. / Interdisciplinary Study Group CRARL - SITAC - SIPaD - SITD - SIPDip ; Macri, Simone; Laviola, Giovanni; Mancinelli, Rosanna.
In: Rivista di Psichiatria, Vol. 53, No. 3, 19.06.2018, p. 128-140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis of alcohol use disorder from a psychological point of view
AU - Interdisciplinary Study Group CRARL - SITAC - SIPaD - SITD - SIPDip
AU - Coriale, Giovanna
AU - Fiorentino, Daniela
AU - Porrari, Raffaella
AU - Battagliese, Gemma
AU - Capriglione, Ida
AU - Cereatti, Federica
AU - Iannuzzi, Silvia
AU - Mauri, Benilde
AU - Galli, Domenica
AU - Fiore, Marco
AU - Attilia, Maria Luisa
AU - Ceccanti, Mauro
AU - Macri, Simone
AU - Laviola, Giovanni
AU - Mancinelli, Rosanna
PY - 2018/6/19
Y1 - 2018/6/19
N2 - Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most common psychiatric disease in the general population, characterized by having a pattern of excessive drinking despite the negative effects of alcohol on the individual’s work, medical, legal, educational, and/or social life. Currently, the bio-psycho-social model describes properly AUD as a multidimensional phenomenon including biological, psychological, and socio-cultural variables affecting the nature, maintenance, and expression of the disorder. The AUD diagnostic process is crucial since the treatment success depends heavily on the accuracy and the adequacy of the diagnosis. The diagnosis is based on a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s characteristics and uses interviews and psychometric instruments for collecting information. This paper will provide insights into the most important psychological dimensions of AUD and on the best psychometric instruments for proposing AUD diagnosis.
AB - Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most common psychiatric disease in the general population, characterized by having a pattern of excessive drinking despite the negative effects of alcohol on the individual’s work, medical, legal, educational, and/or social life. Currently, the bio-psycho-social model describes properly AUD as a multidimensional phenomenon including biological, psychological, and socio-cultural variables affecting the nature, maintenance, and expression of the disorder. The AUD diagnostic process is crucial since the treatment success depends heavily on the accuracy and the adequacy of the diagnosis. The diagnosis is based on a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s characteristics and uses interviews and psychometric instruments for collecting information. This paper will provide insights into the most important psychological dimensions of AUD and on the best psychometric instruments for proposing AUD diagnosis.
KW - Alcoholism/diagnosis
KW - Cognition Disorders/chemically induced
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Interpersonal Relations
KW - Interview, Psychological
KW - Mental Disorders/epidemiology
KW - Motivational Interviewing
KW - Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
KW - Personality Disorders/epidemiology
KW - Psychological Tests
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Severity of Illness Index
KW - Symptom Assessment
U2 - 10.1708/2925.29415
DO - 10.1708/2925.29415
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29912215
VL - 53
SP - 128
EP - 140
JO - Rivista di Psichiatria
JF - Rivista di Psichiatria
SN - 0035-6484
IS - 3
ER -