Students less likely to suffer from alcohol dependence.(Brief Article)

Campus Crime;  March 1, 2005 ;     255 words ......more likely to cause college students immediate and dire...Slutske, compared alcohol use disorders in young adults attending college to those with young...percent of the women had alcohol-related problems...non-college-attending women. College students consumed more ...

Stability of heavy episodic drinking in Chinese- and Korean-American...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......American college students (Luczak et...protection against alcohol dependence (Li, 2000...American college students, we examined...ethnicity and alcohol dependence (Luczak et...frequently in college students of Chinese...

Screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems among college...

Journal of American College Health;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......41% to 47% of college students, (1-4) Binge...the stage for alcohol dependence and conveys...consumed by college students and about half...alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, but also includes...problems among college students seeking ...

Opioid Antagonists Are the Most Prevalent Drug Class in Late-Stage...

M2 Presswire;  February 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ......in Late-Stage Development for the Alcohol Dependence Pipeline Which Include Two Reformulations...seven major markets by 2016. The alcohol dependence market requires a paradigm shift...needs and clinical trial design in alcohol dependence with insight from key opinion leaders...

Experts Issue New Guidelines On Treating Alcohol Dependence

The Culvert Chronicles;  June 7, 2007 ;     302 words ......established therapy that views and treats alcohol dependence as a behavioral problem and not a...professional counseling in treating alcohol dependence. Recent clinical evidence and scientific...the Journal of Alcohol Studies show alcohol dependence is a disease with a genetic ...

Alcohol dependence and depression: Advance practice nurse interventions

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Purpose: To identify alcohol dependence, depression, and their comorbidity...their families suffering with alcohol dependence and depression. Data sources: Scientific literature on alcohol dependence, depression, and their comorbidity...

Medications for the treatment of alcohol dependence.(Letters to the...

American Family Physician;  December 1, 2006 ;     578 words ......article, Medications for Treating Alcohol Dependence, in the November 1, 2005, issue of...physicians often are the first to diagnose alcohol dependence, and manage ongoing treatment of...subspecialists. This article illustrates that alcohol dependence can be treated effectively ...

New Medications Show Promise in Fighting Alcohol Dependence

Los Angeles Sentinel;  January 27, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Medications Show Promise in Fighting Alcohol Dependence Two relatively new medications, naltrexone...for the treatment of patients with alcohol dependence, according to a new report on the...research. The Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol Dependence is the third in a series of evidence...

DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence and Sustained Reduction in Drinking:...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......society. National surveys show that alcohol dependence is a highly prevalent disorder in...with estimates of the prevalence of alcohol dependence as high as 20% in young adult white...disorder; however, most individuals with alcohol dependence are never treated (Grant, 1996...

AHCPR: New medications show promise in fighting alcohol dependence.

M2 Presswire;  January 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ......medications show promise in fighting alcohol dependence (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...for the treatment of patients with alcohol dependence, according to a new report on the...research. The Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol Dependence is the third in a series of evidence...

My student body: a high-risk drinking prevention web site for college...

Journal of American College Health;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......percent of college students drink alcohol...about 40% of college students report binge...about 30% of college students met criteria for alcohol abuse, and 6% for alcohol dependence. (3) Drinking-relat...that female college students may ...

Natural history of alcohol dependence and remission events for a Native...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL HISTORY of alcohol dependence informs diagnosis, early detection...suggested routes for the resolution of alcohol dependence (Bezdek et al., 2004; Fletcher, 2001...complete picture of the course of alcohol dependence. Development of alcohol ...

Electrophysiological responses to affective stimuli in Southwest...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......States (Shalala et al., 1996, 1999). Alcohol dependence rates of approximately 65%-80% for...urgent public health problem that alcohol dependence confers to many Native American communities...causes of the increased prevalence of alcohol dependence remain unclear. There is evidence...

The role of the GABRA2 polymorphism in multiplex alcohol dependence...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......important source of risk for developing alcohol dependence based on evidence from animal, human...challenge in persons at risk for alcohol dependence have revealed reduced benzodiazepine...variation in these receptors and risk for alcohol dependence. Edenberg et al. (2004) were ...

Perceived norms and alcohol consumption: differences between college...

Journal of American College Health;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Alcohol abuse is one of the nation's top public health problems, and college students are one group in which it is especially...studies have indicated that 2 of every 3 college students has had an alcoholic drink in the past...affiliation more than those without it, college ...