Alcohol Brief Intervention in Primary Practice
Are Brief Alcohol Interventions Likely to be Effective in Routine Primary Care Practice? A number of meta-analyses have demonstrated the modest efficacy of brief interventions (BI) for nondependent unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings. Whether this level of efficacy can be expected when BIs are delivered outside of research studies in not known. This …∞
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Alcohol & Drug Use in an Educated Workforce
This study examined alcohol and licit and illicit drug use in a highly educated medical related workforce.
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Binge Drinking & Brain Damage
Binge Drinking & Brain
Damage Injury Risk Highest
Among Binge Drinkers
Binge drinkers have a
higher risk of alcohol-
related injury than chronic,
heavy drinkers, the Health
Behavior News Service
reported Feb. 22. Binge-
drinking women who
otherwise drink in
moderation had seven
times the risk of injury as
nondrinkers, while binge-
drinking men increased
their injury risk sixfold.
“It’;s not only the amount
of alcohol consumed that
shapes the risk for injury,
but also the usual
consumption pattern,” said
study author Gerhard Gmel
of the Swiss Institute for
the Prevention of Alcohol
and Drug Problems. “At
highest risk are those who
usually consume
moderately but sometimes
binge drink. This is true for
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Older Drinkers More Tolerant
Tolerance Equals More Consumption for Older Problem Drinkers Adults over age 60 who have alcohol problems tend to drink more than their younger counterparts, probably because they have developed greater tolerance for alcohol, according to researchers at Ohio State University. Science Daily reported that a study found that alcohol-dependent individuals over age 60 consumed an …∞
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20 Top Posts at Twelve Step Facilitation
Al-Anon Offers New Life AA’s 12-Step Recovery Program Alcoholic Defence Mechanisms Attendance at Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Binge Drinking & Brain Damage Brief-TSF Description Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics Counseling and the 12 Steps of AA Counselor Characteristics Craving Reduction Effects of Gambling Addiction How do alcoholics get to AA? Phases of Recovery …∞
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