10:832:350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization
17 Oct 2017
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Lecture 4: terrence gorski & the disease model. According to the 24th edition of the stedman"s medical dictionary: 1. A disease is a morbus, an illness, a sickness that causes an interruption, cessation, or disorder of bodily functions, systems, or organs 2. A disease is an entity characterized by at least two of these criteria: (1) a recognized etiologic agent (or agents); (2) an identifiable group of signs and symptoms; or (3) consistent anatomical alterations of known body systems. T. gorski writes: my position is that alcoholism is a disease. This position is shared by many prestigious organizations including the world health organization (who), the. American medical association (ama), and the american psychiatric association (apa). The congress of the united states of america formally acknowledged that. Alcoholism was a disease with the passage of the hughes act in 1970. The national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism (niaaa) was created to promote research on the nature of this disease.
