Is it important to characterize such social problems as alcoholism and drug abuse as diseases rather than behavior disorders? What are the implications of treating other social problems as diseases?...

Is it important to characterize such social problems as alcoholism and drug abuse as diseases rather than behavior disorders? What are the implications of treating other social problems as diseases? Like anorexia? Obesity? Domestic violence? What are the implications for the medical care system of the proliferation of these new “diseases” they are to be treated as such?