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  • Caffeine is the world's most consumed psychoactive drug.
  • Limited research has applied formal diagnostic criteria for substance dependence to caffeine use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess caffeine use and dependence symptoms using DSM-IV criteria.
  • To investigate the clinical utility of diagnosing caffeine dependence.

Main Methods:

  • A study of 167 individuals (students, drug treatment, pain clinic patients) who used caffeine recently and other substances in the past year.
  • Applied seven Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria for substance dependence.

Main Results:

  • 35% of participants met the criteria for caffeine dependence.
  • High rates of withdrawal (26%), desire to cut down (23%), and continued use despite harm (44%) were observed.
  • Caffeine dependence showed a trend towards increased prevalence in individuals also dependent on nicotine or alcohol.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of a caffeine dependence diagnosis.
  • Recognizing caffeine dependence in future diagnostic manuals (e.g., DSM-V) could be clinically beneficial.