Alcoholism


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  • Author Mary Karr Recalls the Shame of Being an Alcoholic Mother

    Mary Karr, former Harvard professor and best-selling poet and author, knows all too well the treacherous cycle that faces every alcoholic mother. "There was a moment when I realized I was drinking every day and I couldn’t quit, and it was shocking to me, in a way," Karr told 20/20 co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas. "I was depressive, it’s a depressant drug, which is how it works. It’s insidious, because initially alcohol works for an alcoholic."

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  • Naltrexone Can Reduce Healthcare Costs for those with Alcohol Use Disorders

    Alcohol-use disorders (AUDs), referring to both alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, affect nearly 8.5 percent of the American population, are associated with numerous medical, psychiatric, family, legal, and work-related problems, and cost an estimated $185 billion in 1998. A new study has found that oral naltrexone can reduce both alcohol- and non-alcohol-related healthcare costs for patients with AUDs. Results will be published in the June 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View.

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  • Kerala, India’s Drinking Problem

    People in the southern state of Kerala are the heaviest drinkers in India, and sales of alcohol are quickly rising, reports the BBC’s Soutik Biswas.

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  • New Data Revealed Regarding Criteria for Alcohol Use Disorders

    New research finds that “the relative severity of the 11 DSM-IV alcohol use disorder (AUD) criteria are represented by their severity threshold scores, an item response theory (IRT) model parameter inversely proportional to their prevalence. These scores can be used to create a continuous severity measure comprising the total number of criteria endorsed, each weighted by its relative severity.” The study, titled “A multidimensional assessment of the validity and utility of alcohol use disorder severity as determined by item response theory models,” is published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

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  • The Cost of Alcohol Abuse in Leeds

    Growing problems with alcohol abuse in Leeds are costing the city more than £275m a year. Members of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, which runs the city’s hospitals, attended the council’s health scrutiny board meeting, and were told that anti-social behavior, crime, alcohol-related health problems, and a loss of productivity all contributed to the hefty bill.

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  • Research Suggests Raising Price of Alcohol in Scotland Will Save Lives

    New research commissioned by the Scottish government suggests that setting a minimum price for alcohol in Scotland will eventually save hundreds of lives a year.

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  • Genes May Influence Alcoholism in Spanish American Males

    Cytokines are small proteins secreted by cells that serve as molecular messengers between cells. Pro-inflammatory cytokines—which function in the immune system—may be involved in alcohol dependence (AD). Science Daily reports that a study of three polymorphisms of the interleukin-1 gene complex (IL-1) and one of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) has found that IL-1 may directly contribute to AD among Spanish Caucasian males.

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  • Alcohol Contributes to 1 in 15 Surgery Deaths

    Alcohol abuse was a factor in the deaths of one in 15 patients who died in hospitals last year while under the care of surgeons in Scotland, figures have shown. The statistics came in the first interim report produced by the Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality (SASM).

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  • More Children Being Treated for Alcohol Abuse at UK Clinic

    Children as young as nine are being treated for binge drinking at a clinic in the UK. Andrew Hall, chief executive of Alcohol Support, which runs Albyn House clinic in Aberdeen, said that the majority of the children being treated are between 11 and 15.

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  • Alcoholism in the Military

    By Colin Gilbert

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