Alcoholics
Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Alcoholism is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predominant diagnostic classifications are alcohol use disorder (DSM-5) or alcohol dependence (ICD-11).Excessive alcohol use can damage all organ systems, but it particularly affects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas and immune system. Alcoholism can result in mental illness, delirium tremens, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, irregular heartbeat, an impaired immune response, liver cirrhosis and increased cancer risk. Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Women are generally more sensitive than men to the harmful effects of alcohol, primarily …
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CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 1 March 2024
Concerns regarding the recommendation against prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the Canadian guideline for the clinical management of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder Letters Concerns regarding the care …
study by despite limited evidence. However, some alcoholics: results of a placebo-controlled trial. J Clin …
Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre · 13 February 2024 English
The excessively high household debt is a key Addressing challenges related to vulnerability of the Canadian economy, and consumers consumer debt should be a national are fearful about their financial …
community-based programs that target stigmas, ONSU such as Alcoholics Anonymous, can be C cathartic.³⁶ These programs …
CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 8 February 2024 English
Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …
20. Ensure that 12-Step programming, such as Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and access to fellowship literature … literature (e.g., The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions) may be an optional …
BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 2 February 2024 English
Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …
20. Ensure that 12-Step programming, such as Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and access to fellowship literature … literature (e.g., The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions) may be an optional …
CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 31 January 2024 English
Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …
20. Ensure that 12-Step programming, such as Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and access to fellowship literature … literature (e.g., The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions) may be an optional …
CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 30 January 2024 English
Directly advocate at the provincial level for the federal government to fully repeal Section 4 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Section 8 of the Cannabis Act and …
20. Ensure that 12-Step programming, such as Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and access to fellowship literature … literature (e.g., The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions) may be an optional …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 27 January 2024 English
Rediscovering, valuing, and embracing Indigenous spirituality and wisdom is critical for humanity to survive in the future. Civilization is a western, Eurocentric construct borne from a distrust of nature, a …
years, when he had become a fervent adherent to Alcoholics Anonymous. Were it not for alcohol, he could …
ASC: Alzheimer Society of Canada · 9 January 2024 English
/ 6 / ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA / THE LANDMARK STUDY: PEOPLE Data from the Landmark Study The Many Faces of Dementia in Canada is the second in a series …
racism: STEREOTYPES • Less “worthy” • Drinkers/alcoholics • Drug-seeking Negatively affects • Bad parents …
Homeless Hub · 16 October 2023 English
Executive Summary 5 3 A mixed-methods approach that included the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from program clients, frontline staff, and management, and partners to learn about …
Injection Site (SIS), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). SIS aims at keeping people alive …
ICES: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences · 5 October 2023 English
The questions were focused on the impacts of prenatal opioid exposure, the strengths in the community that were helping to address prenatal opioid exposure, the gifts and strengths of children …
upon the principles of group therapy, such as in Alcoholics Anonymous. Women with lived experience explain …
