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Alcoholism, A Family Disease

to demonstrate that it is not easy to pinpoint or treat. It affects people from all walks of life. The bum on the street might not...

Alcoholism is a Disease

indicates that, "Genetics and family history are increasingly thought to play a significant role in whether a person develops alco...

Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

Alcohol in Society

consumption is risky as well (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). Food does absorb some of the alcohol. Also, in addition to alcoh...

California and Alcoholism

lifetime, 27% of the population will suffer from a substance abuse disorder....Ninety five percent of alcoholics die of their dise...

Important Discoveries in Microbiology

Pneumococcal disease has proven a very serious foe for human populations. This disease has...

Diabetes and Families

CFAM. Structural Assessment Internal Structure The family as it exists today came into being in May 2004 when Joe and Jeann...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Management

to the health care system, or that everyone should be screened just in case, but rather, that the testing can be uncomfortable, an...

A look at the Herpes Viruses

subfamily have longer reproductive cycles and a more narrow host range. In this group, infected "cells often become enlarged. Lat...

The Disease Concept of Alcoholism

Using the term "disability" was okay as well. The old model however would focus on pathology as well as an individuals deficienci...

Alcoholism as Disease

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the disease model of alcoholism. Supporting evidence is provided from case studies....

Alcoholism, an Overview

This research paper offers an overview of alcoholism as it describes the causes, damage to the body and the treatment of this dise...

Genetic Disease of Alcoholism

fact that two collective bodies of research could provide such a mixed response, suggests that there is indeed reason to disbeliev...

Is Alcoholism a Disease?

In five pages this paper examines whether or not alcoholism can be deemed a disease and argues that it is not according to Fingare...

Causes and Types of Amnesia

In twelve pages the types and brain conditions causing amnesia are first discussed with a description of how memory and the brain ...

Is Alcoholism a Disease or a Sin?

In a paper consisting of twenty six pages the sinful aspects of alcoholism that manifest themselves physically and genetically are...

Overview of Family Communication

governing family communication attempt to control miscommunication across interpersonal boundaries (Petronio, et al, 1998). Mai...

Alcohol on the College Campus

is apparent that raising the legal drinking age to 21 has not discouraged many young people from drinking alcohol. In a 1997 study...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

An Alcoholism Case Study

This paper consists of 14 pages and presents a case study of a 70-year old man that has struggled with alcoholism for a half centu...

Alcoholism Causes and Effects

loss of control and inability to stop drinking once begun are symptoms that might be present. Suffering from withdrawal symptoms,...

Alcoholism and Social Worker and Nursing Attitudes

In twenty pages this literature review considers social workers and nurses who work with alcoholic clients and families in an anal...

The Expensiveness, Seriousness, and Commonality of Alcoholism

the social costs." The remedy has been to treat the victims of alcohol abuse rather than to challenge the strong economic and poli...

Alcoholism in Families

A research study that evaluated the factors that contribute to success using an AA 12-step approach to recovery found that the pre...

Family Dynamics and Alcoholism

connectedness is to avoid emotional fusion (Johnson and Stone, 2009). The study conducted by Johnson and Stone (2009) indicated th...

The Problem of Alcohol Abuse - Impact in Abusers and Families

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

The Effects of Alcoholism

parents are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves than do those who grow up in nonalcoholic households (Powell and Garc...

Alcohol Coping Interventions and Family Assessment

past decade. Richard is 47 years old and was initially referred to counseling by his primary care physician, who argued that his ...

The Consequences of Alcoholism

that drink. The fact that alcoholism is an illness like cancer of diabetes should serve as a warning that something ought to be d...