Alcohol Dependency & Abuse According to the American Psychiat

Third, there is physical dependence such that if alcohol is withdrawn, an individual will experience nausea, sweating, shakiness and anxiety. Finally, there is a need to drinker greater and greater amounts of alcohol because one's tolerance for the substance increases and it takes greater amount to produce a "high.". While Alcohol Abuse is not always a sign that alcoholism exist, it is almost always a sign of the development of dependency which will then go on to addiction.

Enoch (2003) reports that there does appear to be a genetic component in the abuse of alcohol and alcoholism, the heritability rate being as high as 50 to 60 percent. Moreover, it is noted that the United States' lifetime prevalence of alcohol dependence in men is about 20 percent whereas the lifetime dependence in women is about 8 percent. Thus, it is a condition for which men are at greater risk.

Further, alcohol abuse/alcohol dependency/alcoholism is often co-morbid with several other disorders includin

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