utilisation nocive

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Organisation mondiale de la santé. Bureau régional de l'Europe, 1995

  Définition

  Specifically, a pattern of alcohol use that causes damage to health. The damage may be physical (e.g. liver cirrhosis following alcohol use) or psychological (e.g. depressive episodes secondary to heavy alcohol intake).

  Note :

  The term was introduced in ICD-10 and supplanted "non-dependent use" as a diagnostic term.

  Terme :

  1. harmful use