Alcoholism

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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UCP: University of Calgary Press · 20 October 2024 English

Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.

Alberta has been and continues to be linked to alcoholism and drug use; see Chapter 7) During the interwar


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 20 September 2024 English

Provides an overview of administrative sanctions for alcohol and drug use by drivers. It describes procedures and processes involved, an indication of similar measures in other countries, evidence of the …

involvement: long-term follow-up in forty-six states. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(8), 1399–1406


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 17 September 2024 English

At the height of its popularity in the late nineteenth century, absinthe reigned in the bars, cafés, and restaurants of France and its colonial empire. Yet by the time it …

speak, they were also the “belle époque of anti-alcoholism,” as the French historian Didier Nourrisson summarized in his 1988 article about the “Origins of Anti-Alcoholism.”14 The meteoric popularity of absinthe was about and which differs from the frightening alcoholism of today, [just] as the noble wines of Bur- gundy temperance movement or not, seemed to prove that alcoholism rates were high – and rising. This was cause the twentieth century. In his 1909 article “Alcoholism in French Colonies,” Alexandre Ker- morgant regretfully


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 10 September 2024 English

In 1914, the Dominion of Newfoundland found itself at war in defense of the British Empire. On the home front, the war effort reshaped the relationship between citizens and the …

saloon often lured young men into a life of alcoholism. He said that while young men were drinking household: “Prussian militarism is bad but British alcoholism is worse. The cruelest German or Turk can but


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 1 August 2024 English

Summarizes the Summit on Family Medicine’s Role in Improving Health Outcomes for People Who Use Substances event co-hosted by CCSA and the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community …

interventions in primary care in England. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 48(2), 180– 188. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/ags103


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of child emigration agencies operating in North West England from 1860 to 1935. The book traces the imperial relationships, transnational economy, religious networks and …

early lives engulfed by various sins ranging from alcoholism to ‘immorality’ (a metaphor for sexual abuse)


National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health · 9 July 2024 English

Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ health 2 THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: A CURATED LIST STRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH A conceptual framework A review of frameworks on SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF …

donations, public relations committees, tobacco use, alcoholism, obesity, and diabetes (4–6), and greenwashing


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 26 June 2024 English

Outlines the policy changes in Canada that led to the increase in gambling availability and advertising, and analyses why these changes are likely to increase gambling participation and gambling-related harms. …

chronic alcohol use and the occurrence of disease. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47(7), 1238–1255


DDN: Dundurn Press · 18 June 2024 English

Meet the brilliant mavericks who invented the future of medicine and saved the lives of millions.The Essence of Invention tells the story of medical invention, from the development of anesthesia …

Martha Gellhorn in Barcelona. The reality is that alcoholism played a huge part in their deaths, and they


ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 8 May 2024 English

It is the traditional land of the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, the Kainai, and the Piikani. [...] I extend my gratitude to the people and organizations who invested their …

higher risk prevalence of health risks such as alcoholism, drug use, depression, and suicide attempts.


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