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The association between alcoholism and affective disorders has been written about extensively from many perspectives, yet there remain many questions unanswered. Several reasons have been suggested for this ambiguity. For example, part of the difficulity in establishing a clear-cut relationship can be based upon the lack of uniform and precisely defined terminology.
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Solomon, J. (1982). Alcoholism and Affective Disorders. In: Solomon, J. (eds) Alcoholism and Clinical Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4028-7_7
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