Catalog
Alcohol dependence, current use, episodic
Link to WHO Definition
Alcohol dependence, current use, episodic – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/490388233
During the past 12 months, there has been alcohol dependence with intermittent heavy drinking, with periods of abstinence from alcohol. If current use is continuous (daily or almost daily over at least the past 1 month), the diagnosis of Alcohol dependence, current use, continuous should be made instead.