YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Alcoholism Case Study
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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...
what can be termed as an adrenaline rush of energy and after a brief struggle, turned the knife back on her father. II. LITERATUR...
those that imbibed but also those that did not. This means, of course, that those who imbibed consumed much more than 7.1 gallons...
C, and HIV (Health Effects 2). It can also cause nutritional issues, lead to alcohol poisoning, cause psychological problems, and...
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...
a precursor of their own behaviors? 3. When parents actively voice opposition to alcohol use, what impact does this have on the c...
A research study that evaluated the factors that contribute to success using an AA 12-step approach to recovery found that the pre...
and leave the rest is our motto," she said. "Everyone has their own path when it comes to dealing with addictions. Were just here ...
a consensus among various research studies that a patients voluntary attendance and participation in an Alcoholics Anonymous or si...
notably denial" ("Definition of Alcoholism, 1990). This definition is similar to the one provided by the DSM IV regarding substanc...
significant reduction in mean alcohol consumption among the major targets of its Strategy Health for All in 2000" (Moskalewiczi, 2...
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...
as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...
consumption is risky as well (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). Food does absorb some of the alcohol. Also, in addition to alcoh...
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...
(Bromwell, n.d.). This approach would also try to have the patient develop different patterns of thinking (Bromwell, n.d.). For ex...
using heroin and other drugs" (3). The counselors were focused on getting him into another rehab or recovery program, or going to ...
2007). In first examining this condition, from a broad perspective, it is helpful to note some of the facts concerning families/ch...
(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...
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...
well, and is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience of witnessing a life-threatening event such...
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 ...
ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his family displaying the dysfunctional behavior and not that of his friends, ...
parents are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves than do those who grow up in nonalcoholic households (Powell and Garc...
to certain diseases (Wastyn and Wastyn, 1997). According to a study performed by Kenneth Blum and his colleagues at the Universit...
This paper consists of five pages and examines the depression and anxiety that can result from alcoholism. Six sources are cited ...
In eight pages this paper examines how the Mexican American community is affected by the social problem of alcoholism with compari...
is apparent that raising the legal drinking age to 21 has not discouraged many young people from drinking alcohol. In a 1997 study...