Intensity of Daily Drinking and Its Relation to Alcohol Use Disorders.
Alvaro VergésJarrod M EllingsonStephanie A SchroderWendy S SlutskeKenneth J SherPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2018)
Daily drinkers represent a highly heterogeneous group, and the correlates of daily drinking depend on the usual quantity of daily drinks and the frequency of alcohol-related problems in a given sample. Moreover, AUD, defined both according to DSM-IV and DSM-5, did not capture more than 68% of daily binge drinkers. Given that daily binge drinking is an extremely high threshold for use, this finding may present a challenge for our current classification system.