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Posted on May 19, 2013 at 12:46 am by Sparrow

Alcohol-Use Disorders in the Critically Ill Patient.
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Image via Wikipedia Alcohol abuse and dependence, referred to as alcohol-use disorders (AUDs), affect 76.3 million people worldwide and account for 1.8 million deaths per year. AUDs affect 18.3 million Americans (7.3% of the population), and up to 40% of hospitalized patients have AUDs. This review discusses the development and progression of critical illness in …∞

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Posted on May 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm by Sparrow

AA and NA Works for Youth too
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Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous benefit adolescents who attend

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Posted on May 5, 2013 at 10:49 pm by Sparrow

Pain Medication Abuse
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Pain Medication Abuse
About 4 Percent of Pain
Patients Abuse Meds,
Study Estimates A new
study finds that 3.8
percent of chronic-pain
patients misuse
prescription medications
like OxyContin and
Percocet, a rate about four
times higher than among
the general population,
Reutersreported Aug. 3.
Researcher Michael F.
Fleming of the University of
Wisconsin at Madison and
colleagues also found that
patients who had addiction
problems tended to exhibit
“aberrant” behavior, such
as requesting early refills,
raising dosage without
authorization, intentionally
oversedating themselves,
or using opioids for reasons
other than treating pain.
The study included 801
patients with an average
age of 49 and who, on
average, had

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Posted on May 2, 2013 at 10:17 pm by Sparrow

Alcohol Brief Intervention in Emergency Dept
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Is emergency department based brief intervention worthwhile in adults presenting with alcohol related events? BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC REPORTS A short cut review was carried out to establish whether emergency department (ED) based brief intervention is worthwhile in adults presenting with alcohol related events. A total of 590 papers were found using the reported search, of …∞

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Posted on May 1, 2013 at 9:58 pm by Sparrow

Marijuana Use and Adolescents

Marijuana Use and Adolescents: What Clinicians Need to Know As marijuana use among teenagers increases and its perceived danger among this age group decreases, clinicians need to know the latest science about the harmful effects of the drug on the adolescent brain, according to a researcher at the University of Colorado, Denver. Paula Riggs, PhD, …∞

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Posted on April 28, 2013 at 9:26 pm by Sparrow

The Role of AA Sponsors
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A pilot study of the role of AA sponsors An AA sponsor is a close 1-on-1 collaboration between an older sober member and a relative newcomer to sobriety. Its a two way helping relationship – the sponsor affirms their own sobriety and the sponsee gains new insights. AIMS: The aim of this study was to …∞

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Posted on April 25, 2013 at 9:03 pm by Sparrow

The Experiences of Alcohol Dependence
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Experiences of alcohol dependence: a qualitative study INTRODUCTION AND AIMS OF THE STUDY: Despite the increasing incidence of alcohol misuse and the costs it incurs, British society continues to hold equivocal and ambiguous attitudes towards drinking, and understanding of the nature of alcohol dependence and related issues is limited. This qualitative study aimed to investigate …∞

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Posted on April 19, 2013 at 8:09 pm by Sparrow

Abstinence Seekers More Ready to Change
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What They Want: Motivation and Treatment Choice in Non-treatment-Seeking Substance Abusers Although a variety of therapies exist for the treatment of substance use disorders, little emphasis is placed on allowing individuals to choose their own treatment trajectories. Considering the preference of a person for the type of substance abuse treatment; he or she would want …∞

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Posted on April 17, 2013 at 7:45 pm by Sparrow

Five Alcoholism Subtypes
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Researchers Identify
Alcoholism Subtypes
Analyses of a national
sample of individuals with
alcohol dependence
(alcoholism) reveal five
distinct subtypes of the
disease, according to a
new study by scientists at
the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of
the National Institutes of
Health (NIH). “Our findings
should help dispel the
popular notion of the
‘typical alcoholic,’;” notes
first author Howard B.
Moss, M.D., NIAAA
Associate Director for
Clinical and Translational
Research. “We find that
young adults comprise the
largest group of alcoholics
in this country, and nearly
20 percent of alcoholics are
highly functional and well-
educated with good
incomes. More than half of
the alcoholics

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Posted on April 13, 2013 at 7:25 pm by Sparrow

Lady doctors are more chronically addicted
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Women Physicians and Addiction. Doctors get addicted just like other people and female doctors have earlier addiction and develop worse medical conditions. Researchers compared case histories of 969 male and female (13%) substance dependent doctors. Their conclusions; “These findings suggest different characteristics between male and female impaired physicians which may have implications for identification and …∞

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