502 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Other Alcohol-Induced Disorders
The following alcohol-induced disorders are desc ribed in other chapters of the manual with
disorders with which they share phenomenol ogy (see the substance/medication-induced
mental disorders in these chapters): alcohol-induced psychotic disorder (“Schizophrenia Spec-
trum and Other Psychotic Disorders”); alcoho l-induced bipolar diso rder (“Bipolar and
Related Disorders”); alcohol-induced depressive  disorder (“Depressive  Disorders”); alcohol-
induced anxiety disorder (“Anxiety Disorders”); alcohol-induced sl eep disorder (“Sleep-
Wake Disorders”); alcohol-induced sexual dysfunction (“Sexual Dysfunctions”); and alcohol-
induced major or mild neurocognitive disorder (“Neurocognitive Disorders”). For alcohol
intoxication delirium an d alcohol withdrawal delirium, see th e criteria and discussion of de-
lirium in the chapter “Neurocognitive Disorder s.” These alcohol-induced disorders are diag-
nosed instead of alcohol intoxication or alcohol withdrawal only when the symptoms are
sufficiently severe to warrant independent clinical attention.
Features
The symptom profiles for an al cohol-induced condition resemble independent mental disor-
ders as described elsewhere in  DSM-5. However, the alcohol- induced disorder is temporary
and observed after severe intoxication with an d/or withdrawal from alcohol. While the symp-
toms can be identical to those of independent mental disorders (e.g., psychoses, major depres-
sive disorder), and while they can have the same  severe consequences (e.g., suicide attempts),
alcohol-induced conditions are li kely to improve without formal treatment in a matter of days
to weeks after cessation of severe intoxication and/or withdrawal. 
Each alcohol-induced mental disorder is listed  in the relevant diagnostic section and there-