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Is alcoholism a mental health disorder?
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Hi I would like to ask if alcoholism is a mental health disorder my former husband is terminally ill in the UK he is now on a IV morphine drip he is 76 he has drunk since 18 years of age and was still drinking 7 pints of larger a day up to 6 weeks ago he had claudication of the lower limbs terrible pain they operated put stents in did laminectomy lower spin biopsy showed cancer he already has a colostomy for cancer also has sarcoidosis he was then put in to radiotherapy but couldn t do it and is now in a terminal care unit he s had a life time of booze and my son is having a hard time of it all no drink for 6 weeks this is not the time to go cold turkey and my son says he just has no feeling for his father so is it a medical illness or mental health that is the question myself I haven t seen the man for 32 years and I m upset its effecting all of the family that hes suffering so much
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dearyes alcohol is mental illness.underlying depression anxiety can lead to alcohol addiction or vice versa too. patient has strong desire and compulsion to tk substance and many times unable to control substance taking behaviour in term of onset and termination Regards