Definition

The Australian Bureau of Statistics

A person who no longer drinks or has never consumed a full serve of alcohol.

A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress. 

Disorders that involve mood disturbance. Examples include bipolar affective disorder, depressive episode, and dysthymia.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

A single session of treatment administered to a client by a treatment agency.  

A disease, disorder or condition which was directly caused by the individual’s own alcohol consumption.

A crime is defined as alcohol-related where alcohol use contributed to that crime as indicated by the police detainee (in the case of DUMA data) or the victim (in the case of NDSHS data).

An incidence of physical abuse, verbal abuse or being put in fear, in which the perpetrator or victim reports that alcohol-use contributed to the violence.