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DSM-IV: Alcohol Intoxication


Dysfunctional changes in physiological functioning, psychological functioning,  mood state, cognitive process, or all of these, as a consequence of consumption of [alcohol]; usually disruptive, and often stemming from central nervous system impairment.*

Diagnostic criteria for 303.00 Alcohol Intoxication
(cautionary statement)
 

A. Recent ingestion of alcohol. 

B. Clinically significant maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes (e.g., inappropriate sexual or aggressive behavior, mood lability, impaired judgment, impaired social or occupational functioning) that developed during, or shortly after, alcohol ingestion. 

C. One (or more) of the following signs, developing during, or shortly after, alcohol use: 
(1) slurred speech 
(2) incoordination 
(3) unsteady gait 
(4) nystagmus 
(5) impairment in attention or memory 
(6) stupor or coma 

D. The symptoms are not due to a general medical condition and are not better accounted for by another mental disorder.

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American Psychiatric Association

Also: high, intoxicated, tight, drunk, tipsy

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*Excerpt with permission from Graham, Allan W. & Schultz, Terry K. (Editors) Principles of Addiction Medicine, 2nd Edition Hardcover 1998 (American Society of Addiction Medicine)



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