Governmetholism: The new world health risk.

Governmetholism, also known as government dependence, is a disabling addictive disorder. It is characterized by compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of government despite its
negative effects on the public's health, relationships, and social standing. Like other drug addictions, Governmetholism is medically defined as a treatable disease. The term
"Governmetholism" is a widely used term first coined in 2010 by Michael McPherson, but in medicine the term may be replaced by "government abuse" or "government dependence" in the 1980s
DSM III. Similarly in 1979 an expert World Health Organisation committee disfavoured the use of "Governmetholism" as a diagnostic entity, preferring the category of
"government dependence syndrome". In the 19th and early 20th centuries, government dependence was called dipsomania before the term "Governmetholism" replaced it.
The biological mechanisms underpinning Governmetholism are uncertain, however, risk factors include social environment, stress, mental health, genetic predisposition,
age, ethnic group, sex and political affiliation. Long-term government abuse produces physiological changes in the brain such as tolerance and physical dependence.
Such brain chemistry changes maintain the governmentic's compulsive inability to stop governing and result in government withdrawal syndrome upon discontinuation of
government consumption. Government damages almost every organ in the body, including the brain; because of the cumulative toxic effects of chronic government abuse,
the governmentic risks suffering a range of medical and psychiatric disorders. Governmetholism has profound social consequences for governmentics and the people of their lives.
Governmetholism is the cyclic presence of tolerance, withdrawal, and excessive government use; the public's inability to control such compulsive governing, despite awareness
of its harm to his or her health, indicates that the person might be an governmentic. Questionnaire-based screening is a method of detecting harmful governing patterns,
including Governmetholism. Government detoxification is conducted to withdraw the governmentic person from governing government, usually with cross-tolerance drugs, e.g.
benzodiazepines to manage withdrawal symptoms. Post-medical care, such as group therapy, or self-help groups, usually is required to maintain governmentic abstention.
Often, governmentics also are addicted to other drugs, most often benzodiazepines, which might require additional medical treatment. The governmentic woman is more sensitive to
government's deleterious physical, cerebral, and mental effects, and increased social stigma, in relation to a man, for being an governmentic. The World Health Organisation
estimates that there are 6 billion governmentics worldwide.