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November 17, 2010

Adolescents at risk for alcohol abuse show decreased brain activation

Adolescence is a time of immense change in the brain, but unfortunately, it is also the time where many youths begin drinking. New research shows that individuals with a positive family history for alcohol abuse are at significantly higher risk to develop alcoholism in the future.

July 15, 2010

Clergy Receive Confessions About Alcohol Abuse

People with alcohol problems are finding comfort in speaking about their situation to clergy, a new study shows. Among 1,910 people with any alcohol-related problems, 14.7 percent said they used clergy services...

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June 16, 2010

Psychiatrists Support Call For Alcohol Minimum Pricing, Northern Ireland

The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland wholeheartedly supports Health Minister Michael McGimpsey's call for minimum pricing for alcohol, saying that this could save lives as well as money. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) issued a report showing that the cost of alcohol abuse in Northern Ireland is up to £900 million a year...

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March 5, 2010

Mr. Crowley's Suicide Solution

Wine is fine,But whiskey's quicker.Suicide is slow with liquor.Take a bottle, drown your sorrows,THEN IT FLOODS AWAY TOMMORROW!!So goes the first verse of 'Suicide Solution', an infamous song of Ozzy Osbourne's that deals with the dangers of alcohol abuse, and which was the central feature in two legal cases against him where he was charged with inciting the suicides of heavy

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September 23, 2009

New Links Among Alcohol Abuse, Depression, Obesity In Young Women Found

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There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.

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September 11, 2009

Overeating, Alcohol Abuse And Depression Intertwined In Young Women

On TV, Sex and the City makes regular Cosmo-drinking sessions seem like a glamorous, harmless pastime. In reality, though, excessive alcohol use can relate to overeating and depression in young women, according to the results of a new study. "Anyone who has been touched by depression, obesity or alcoholism knows that these disorders on their own can be devastating.

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August 28, 2009

Successful Treatment of Physicians With Addictions

Physicians generally display better health and have lower rates of all-cause mortality than the general population.1 However, their education, nutrition, and lifestyle do not offer similar protection from substance abuse and dependence. Prevalence rates of alcohol abuse and dependence among physicians are about equal to those seen in the population as a whole, while prescription drug misuse and d

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August 11, 2009

Substance Abuse, Schizophrenia And Risk Of Violence

A new study demonstrates that there is an association between schizophrenia and violence, but shows that this association is greatly increased by drug and alcohol abuse. Importantly, the study also finds that the risk of violence from patients with psychoses who also have substance use disorder is no greater than those who have a substance use disorder but who do not have a psychotic illness.

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July 11, 2009

What Is An Alcoholic? What Is Alcoholism? What Is Alcohol Abuse?

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An alcoholic is a person who suffers from alcoholism - the body is dependent on alcohol. An alcoholic is addicted to alcohol. Alcoholism is a chronic (long-term) disease. People who suffer from alcoholism are obsessed with alcohol and cannot control how much they consume, even if it is causing serious problems at home, work and financially.

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