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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...
panic attacks, low self esteem, and substance abuse are other manifestations of adults survivors of abuse(Boulware, 2002). Most of...
In eight pages this paper examines the US abuse of alcohol in a consideration of causes, psychological and social effects, and tre...
This research paper offers an overview of alcoholism as it describes the causes, damage to the body and the treatment of this dise...
For the purposes of this paper the term "alcohol" will be used as it pertains to any sort of distilled or fermented liquid that...
lifetime, 27% of the population will suffer from a substance abuse disorder....Ninety five percent of alcoholics die of their dise...
indicates that, "Genetics and family history are increasingly thought to play a significant role in whether a person develops alco...
that drink. The fact that alcoholism is an illness like cancer of diabetes should serve as a warning that something ought to be d...
In a paper consisting of eight pages alcoholism's causative factors are discussed in terms of the correlation between genes and en...
In fifteen pages alcoholism is examined in terms of its effect on children with a current literature review featured in this resea...
I. Preliminary plan overview A. Alcoholism is an absence of self-discipline. B. Alcoholism can be viewed as...
past decade. Richard is 47 years old and was initially referred to counseling by his primary care physician, who argued that his ...
course, is one of the more prominent of the substances being abused (Plouffe, 2001). This results in estimated losses of $9.2 bil...
C, and HIV (Health Effects 2). It can also cause nutritional issues, lead to alcohol poisoning, cause psychological problems, and...
love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...
(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...
2007). In first examining this condition, from a broad perspective, it is helpful to note some of the facts concerning families/ch...
a precursor of their own behaviors? 3. When parents actively voice opposition to alcohol use, what impact does this have on the c...
notably denial" ("Definition of Alcoholism, 1990). This definition is similar to the one provided by the DSM IV regarding substanc...
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). ...
as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...
Using the term "disability" was okay as well. The old model however would focus on pathology as well as an individuals deficienci...
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 ...
what can be termed as an adrenaline rush of energy and after a brief struggle, turned the knife back on her father. II. LITERATUR...
are the personal and societal costs. There is no way to predict which families will suffer from the direct and indirect impacts of...
Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association outlines the criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD (Wilens, 1998). Ac...