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C, and HIV (Health Effects 2). It can also cause nutritional issues, lead to alcohol poisoning, cause psychological problems, and...
those that imbibed but also those that did not. This means, of course, that those who imbibed consumed much more than 7.1 gallons...
threw furniture and threatened to beat up" his wife or anyone else he felt had gotten in his way (Wall 23). Research has shown t...
notably denial" ("Definition of Alcoholism, 1990). This definition is similar to the one provided by the DSM IV regarding substanc...
(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...
significant reduction in mean alcohol consumption among the major targets of its Strategy Health for All in 2000" (Moskalewiczi, 2...
2007). In first examining this condition, from a broad perspective, it is helpful to note some of the facts concerning families/ch...
parents have a heightened probability of developing alcoholism than do children of nonalcoholic parents (Grucza and Bierut 172). ...
course, is one of the more prominent of the substances being abused (Plouffe, 2001). This results in estimated losses of $9.2 bil...
a consensus among various research studies that a patients voluntary attendance and participation in an Alcoholics Anonymous or si...
and leave the rest is our motto," she said. "Everyone has their own path when it comes to dealing with addictions. Were just here ...
well, and is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience of witnessing a life-threatening event such...
ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his family displaying the dysfunctional behavior and not that of his friends, ...
it represented a quantitative approach, which begins with an idea that is usually articulated as a hypothesis. From there, throug...
time at home with his wife and family. It is his father who will introduce young Pete to alcohol, and Hamill will write of it as ...
of drug addiction (alcohol included) and they engage in criminal activity to support that addiction. Statistics support this obs...
Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association outlines the criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD (Wilens, 1998). Ac...
and forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a varie...
abuse despite interpersonal problems or social caused brought about by drinking (Dawson, 2000). Repeated drinking of alcohol on da...
often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...
addition to the alcoholism. She is a compulsive shopper and gambler. One of her twin daughters, Sarah, is pregnant and claims that...
to certain diseases (Wastyn and Wastyn, 1997). According to a study performed by Kenneth Blum and his colleagues at the Universit...
I. Preliminary plan overview A. Alcoholism is an absence of self-discipline. B. Alcoholism can be viewed as...
are alcohol related" (Clifford; Soares, 1990; 26). In addition, an alcoholics life expectancy is less than it is for most healthy ...
are the personal and societal costs. There is no way to predict which families will suffer from the direct and indirect impacts of...
a precursor of their own behaviors? 3. When parents actively voice opposition to alcohol use, what impact does this have on the c...
and effectively determine the true scope of the impact upon adult children of alcoholic parents, one must recognize that such data...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...
This research paper indicates the considerable progress that has been made in regards to the biological foundation of risk for alc...
This essay discusses two types of training for teenage alcoholism - impulse control and skills training. A one page outline is inc...