criteria as defined by bank.
Out of some 40,000 reports received annually from the general public, a quarter turn out to be abuse, as defined by law.
In the past, many government agencies, like the National Police and Welfare Ministry, have said they would not investigate Mr. Kitagawa because the accusations did not qualify as child abuse as defined by the law, for instance because the boys have not filed a complaint with the police.
Alcohol abuse was measured as self-reported experience of the diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence or abuse as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) (American Psychological Association 1994) such as increased tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, and/or social or interpersonal issues related to alcohol use.
1. Protect children from all forms of abuse as defined by Article 19 of the United Nations convention on the rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Regression analysis was carried out to determine which independent variables predicted the presence of woman abuse as defined by the WAST-Short.
Evidence of stimulant abuse thus constituted opioid misuse as defined by our medication agreement but not opioid abuse or dependence per se.
Core competencies for substance abuse training, as defined by Project MAINSTREAM [ 20], were taken as a starting point for organizing the curriculum.
Women with mood disorder due to a general medical condition and substance-induced mood disorder were also excluded, as were women with any current alcohol or substance abuse disorder as defined by DSM-IV criteria.
It is now widely accepted that volatile solvents are a distinct class of abused drugs, and chronic solvent use can lead to a substance use disorder (abuse or dependence), as defined by DSM-IV.
The term "substance abuse" as used in this RFA refers broadly to several different but related concepts including substance use (quantity, frequency, patterns, trajectories) and substance abuse and dependence as defined by diagnostic criteria.
