This kind ofdipsomanialives by increasing its doses.
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Some are also free words, such as "mania" in "dipsomania" and "phobia" in "claustrophobia".
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Many themes are explored in the lives of his family, particularly luxurious frivolity (especially in the 1920s) anddipsomania.
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Alienists created a whole new series of diagnoses that highlighted single, impulsive behavior, such as kleptomania,dipsomania, pyromania, and nymphomania.
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The idea ofdipsomaniais important for its historical role in promoting a disease theory of chronic drunkenness.
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Dipsomaniais occasionally still used to describe a particular condition of periodic, compulsive bouts of alcohol intake.
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In the 19th century,dipsomaniawas a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are known today as alcoholism.
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