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As already emphasized in the last chapter, it has long been known that alcohol dependents are not a homogenous group. Studies that have used the DMS-IV in order to categorize alcohol dependents into groups were able to show that the majority of patients either have a second axis-I or an axis-II diagnosis or both an axis-I and an axis-II diagnosis.
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Lesch, O.M., Walter, H., Wetschka, C., Hesselbrock, M.N., Hesselbrock, V. (2011). Types, dimensions and aetiology. In: Alcohol and Tobacco. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0146-9_6
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