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The Biological Bases of Behavior

parents have a heightened probability of developing alcoholism than do children of nonalcoholic parents (Grucza and Bierut 172). ...

Alcohol in Society

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

Alcoholism in the Workplace

course, is one of the more prominent of the substances being abused (Plouffe, 2001). This results in estimated losses of $9.2 bil...

Alcohol Use of Polices Among the Indigenous Population in Australia

(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...

Research Paper on Alcoholism

C, and HIV (Health Effects 2). It can also cause nutritional issues, lead to alcohol poisoning, cause psychological problems, and...

Alcoholism: A Significant Social Problem

those that imbibed but also those that did not. This means, of course, that those who imbibed consumed much more than 7.1 gallons...

A Definition for Alcoholism

notably denial" ("Definition of Alcoholism, 1990). This definition is similar to the one provided by the DSM IV regarding substanc...

Social Considerations for the Alcohol Industry in Poland

significant reduction in mean alcohol consumption among the major targets of its Strategy Health for All in 2000" (Moskalewiczi, 2...

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...

Substance Abuse Training

This essay discusses two types of training for teenage alcoholism - impulse control and skills training. A one page outline is inc...

The Elderly and Alcoholism Diagnostic Instruments

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...

Research into the Genetic Causes and Effects of Alcoholism

This research paper indicates the considerable progress that has been made in regards to the biological foundation of risk for alc...

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...

Ethical Dilemma, Unacceptable Behavior

This research paper/essay describes an ethical dilemma concerning a colleague's alcoholism and recommendations draw on the ethical...

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 ...

Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents - Assessing the Negative Impacts

and effectively determine the true scope of the impact upon adult children of alcoholic parents, one must recognize that such data...

The Causes and Effects of Alcoholism

to certain diseases (Wastyn and Wastyn, 1997). According to a study performed by Kenneth Blum and his colleagues at the Universit...

Literature Review on Stress Agents

often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...

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...

Alcoholic Patients and Nursing

abuse despite interpersonal problems or social caused brought about by drinking (Dawson, 2000). Repeated drinking of alcohol on da...

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...

Social Work and Alcoholism

are the personal and societal costs. There is no way to predict which families will suffer from the direct and indirect impacts of...

Discovering Adult Alcoholism Solutions

I. Preliminary plan overview A. Alcoholism is an absence of self-discipline. B. Alcoholism can be viewed as...

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 ...

Teenage Drinking and the Impact of Parents' Attitudes

a precursor of their own behaviors? 3. When parents actively voice opposition to alcohol use, what impact does this have on the c...

Coexisting Disorders and Recommended Treatment

well, and is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience of witnessing a life-threatening event such...

The Children of Alcoholics and the Impact of Alcoholism

ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his family displaying the dysfunctional behavior and not that of his friends, ...

A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill

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 ...

Alcoholism Causes

This research paper discusses in five pages alcoholism and its causes and includes sociological, physiological, and psychological ...

Alcoholism and Its Psychological Impact

This paper consists of five pages and examines the depression and anxiety that can result from alcoholism. Six sources are cited ...