Article: Alcoholics Anonymous

Article: Alcoholism
U*X*L Complete Health Resource;      700+ words ...ALCOHOLISM DEFINITION Alcoholism is the popular term for two disorders: alcohol abuse and...alcohol has repeatedly caused problems in his or her life. Alcoholism has serious consequences on a person's health and personal...

Article: Medications can aid recovery from alcoholism.(includes related article on the risks of raw oysters to alcoholics)
FDA Consumer;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in 1992, 6.3 percent of men and...enroll in inpatient and outpatient alcoholism treatment programs and supplement...drugs specifically for treating alcoholism, one of which was approved by the...

Article: Neurobiology of alcohol dependence: focus on motivational mechanisms.
Alcohol Research & Health;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Alcoholism, also called dependence on alcohol, is a chronic relapsing...serious detrimental health outcomes. The development of alcoholism is characterized by frequent episodes of intoxication...According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), more than 17 million ...

Article: Alcohol and Health
Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z;      700+ words ......percent of Americans abuse alcohol or suffer from alcoholism. Alcoholism can be identified through four symptoms: (1) a craving...to feel the same effect. Alcohol abuse differs from alcoholism in that it does not include a strong craving for alcohol...

Article: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior;      700+ words ......findings on alcohol, alcoholics, and alcoholism. Through those same years, the center...journals publishing work on alcohol and alcoholism then, faculty at the center founded...the problems of alcohol use and alcoholism. The SSAS attracts students from...

Article: Alcoholism.
HealthFacts;  June 1, 1988 ;     700+ words ...ALCOHOLISM When the American Medical Association officially declared alcoholism a chronic and progressive disease in 1956, it was merely...myths die hard, even within medicine, and the view of alcoholism as a moral weakness still prevents many from receiving...

Article: Concurrent alcohol and tobacco dependence: mechanisms and treatment.
Alcohol Research & Health;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......promote smoking cessation during alcoholism treatment. Recent findings suggest...National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 1998). Similarly, smokers are far...importance of genetic influences on both alcoholism and smoking has gained widespread...

Article: drinking and alcoholism
A Dictionary of Sociology;      386 words ...drinking and alcoholism A depressant intoxicant, the drinking...are particularly illuminating here. Alcoholism was coined as a term to denote a special...founded in the United States in the 1930s. Alcoholism has been described in terms of a disease...

Article: alcoholism
The Oxford Companion to the Body;      700+ words ...alcoholism The term ‘alcoholism’ was first used by a Swedish professor of medicine...poisoning by alcohol. Huss distinguished between two types of alcoholism. Acute alcoholism was a result of the temporary effects...

Article: Disease Concept of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior;      700+ words ...DISEASE CONCEPT OF ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE Throughout most of...Magnus Huss, introduced the term alcoholism ["alcoholismus"] to designate not...scientific inquiry into the nature of alcoholism. But concern about the problematic...

Article: Genetic strategies to detect genes involved in alcoholism and alcohol-related traits.
Alcohol Research & Health;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......study complex disorders such as alcoholism. As described by Drs. Danielle M...occur more commonly in people with alcoholism than in people without the disorder...identify human genes involved in alcoholism. The authors discuss the clinical...

Article: Defining alcohol-related phenotypes in humans: the collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism.
Alcohol Research & Health;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) is an innovative, large-scale...National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to investigate the genetic components...carry genes influencing the risk of alcoholism and other alcohol-related traits...

Article: Animal Models in Alcohol Research.
Alcohol Research & Health;  March 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......into the genetic determinants of alcoholism. Issues surrounding the use of animal...experimental difficulties in studying alcoholism in humans, a sub stantial portion...dissect the complex disorder of alcoholism, in part by breaking it down into...

Article: An alcohol and drug education program for nurses.
AORN Journal;  November 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Alcoholism and drug abuse are serious problems in the United States. Alcoholism is a widespread biophysiologic and psychosocial problem...Approximately 43% of all American adults have been exposed to alcoholism in the family.(1) * It is estimated that 10% of the population...