{"id":111,"date":"2012-05-21T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T19:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=111"},"modified":"2012-05-21T19:31:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T19:31:06","slug":"40-percent-alcoholics-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/05\/21\/40-percent-alcoholics-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Percent Alcoholics? Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new mental health diagnostic guide <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com\/2012\/05\/40-percent-drunkards.html\">may broaden<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0the definition of alcohol abuse.\u00c2\u00a0Deni Carise\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/deni-carise\/dsm-addiction_b_1522584.html\">calms fears<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[T]he new DSM will not cause more people to be diagnosed with addiction. Instead, more people who may not yet be addicted (but whose drug use is nonetheless problematic and unhealthy) will be able to access very inexpensive but proven effective treatment earlier and easier. Treating these folks is no different from treating those in the early stages of diabetes \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it requires minimal professional help, some education, and simple lifestyle changes. We wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait until a pre-diabetic started experiencing the symptoms of full-blown diabetes before we offered him or her help. Instead, we would intervene early in hopes of preventing such a difficult future. The same should apply for those with early substance misuse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Keith Humphreys, meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samefacts.com\/2012\/05\/health-care\/drinkers-decide-what-constitutes-unhealthy-drinking\/\">argues<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0that labeling risky behavior risky isn&#8217;t a moral judgement.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/andrewsullivan\/rApM?a=5LQCz_Xbnn4:LjA-RTtfPI8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/andrewsullivan\/rApM?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/andrewsullivan\/rApM\/~4\/5LQCz_Xbnn4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/andrewsullivan\/rApM\/~3\/5LQCz_Xbnn4\/40-percent-alcoholics-ctd.html\">http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/andrewsullivan\/rApM\/~3\/5LQCz_Xbnn4\/40-percent-alcoholics-ctd.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new mental health diagnostic guide may broaden\u00c2\u00a0the definition of alcohol abuse.\u00c2\u00a0Deni Carise\u00c2\u00a0calms fears: [T]he new DSM will not cause more people to be diagnosed with addiction. Instead, more people who may not yet be addicted (but whose drug use is nonetheless problematic and unhealthy) will be able to access very inexpensive but proven effective &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/05\/21\/40-percent-alcoholics-ctd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;40 Percent Alcoholics? 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