The worldwide ranking of global burden of mental, neurological, and substance-use disorders has AUD as 2nd and schizophrenia as 3rd (Collins et al., 2011). Alcohol use is associated with over 200 diseases and injury-related health conditions, most notably alcohol dependence, liver cirrhosis, cancers, and injuries (Lim et al., 2012). The 2014 World Health Organization global status report on alcohol and health reported that 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9% of all global deaths (7.6% for men and 4% for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption (WHO, 2014).
