Alcohol Abuse - Alcohol Abuse

Japanese: アルコール乱用 - あるこーるらんよう
Alcohol Abuse - Alcohol Abuse


[Alcoholism and Alcohol Dependence]
Poisoning from ethyl alcohol can be divided into acute and chronic poisoning, but in recent times the term chronic poisoning has been gradually phased out of use. This is because when ethyl alcohol contained in alcoholic beverages is consumed continuously, exceeding the normal amount or repeated abnormal consumption (alcohol abuse), a person is unable to stop drinking alcoholic beverages. This is thought to be caused by a biological change different from that of acute poisoning, and so the term dependence has been proposed by a WHO expert committee to distinguish this from symptoms of intoxication. Thus, mental and physical disorders caused by alcohol consumption are broadly divided into acute alcohol poisoning and alcohol dependence, and it is said that alcohol psychosis occurs on the basis of alcohol dependence.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "alcohol abuse" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[アルコール中毒とアルコール依存]
 エチルアルコールによる中毒は急性中毒と慢性中毒に分けられるが,最近では慢性中毒という用語はしだいに用いられなくなる傾向にある。それは,酒類に含まれるエチルアルコールを持続的に飲用し,その常用量を超えたり,異常な飲用を繰り返すに至ると(〈アルコール乱用〉),酒類の飲用を中止できなくなる状態になるが,それは急性中毒とは違った生体変化によると考えられるので,中毒症状とは区別して〈依存〉と呼ぶことがWHO専門委員会で提唱されたことに基づく。そこでアルコール飲用によって起こる精神身体障害は急性アルコール中毒,アルコール依存に大別され,アルコール依存を基礎にしてアルコール精神病alcoholic psychosisが生じるとされる。…

※「アルコール乱用」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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