alcohol disorders continuum (Saha et al., 2007), leading some to call for its inclusion in the DSM-V (Li et al., 2007b, Martin et al., 2008). However, including weekly at-risk drinking may have a large impact on the prevalence of alcohol dependence in the general population (Keyes et al., 2009). The present study provided evidence for a criterion with opposite characteristics; more severe cases of alcohol disorder would be captured, and the prevalence of the diagnosis would not be largely impacted.
