S3E6 - Identifying alcohol use disorder with James MacKillop

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr James MacKillop, a clinical psychologist and professor at McMaster University in Canada, and director for both the Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research and the Michael G DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research. The interview covers his research report on the diagnostic validity of drinking behaviour for identifying alcohol use disorder (AUD) with findings from a representative sample of community adults and an inpatient clinical sample.

·      What alcohol use disorder is and how it is currently diagnosed [01:41]

·      The surprising exclusion of drinking behaviour in AUD diagnosis [03...