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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SPCW: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg · 12 March 2024 English

Non-police led, community-based crisis response models are gaining traction in Canada and the US, with around 107 programs operating as of August 1, 2023.[2] These models show that in the …

[4.8] However, the autopsy stated "...chronic alcoholism, cardiomegaly (abnormal enlargement of the heart)


CCSA: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · 29 February 2024

Looks at how specific patterns of substance use may increase suicide risk. Highlights intersecting factors, such as the type of substance and the amount consumed, as well as biological and …

(2004). Role of alcohol in late-life suicide. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(Suppl entry into substance use disorder treatment. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(4), 635–642 dependence and misuse in elderly suicides. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 38(3), 249–254. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agg060


CSPI: Centre for Science in the Public Interest · 26 February 2024

In response to an ongoing lawsuit filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America and the National Consumers League, the agency committed in writing …

available. Naonal Instute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol-related deaths, which increased during


DDN: Dundurn Press · 2 January 2024 English

“Peirce tells the intriguing story of the battle for shorter hours … and why now is finally the moment for a breakthrough that would give us all more of the …

health crises of those dear to us — be they alcoholism, suicide, ulcers, or a nervous breakdown — may


ICES: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences · 21 December 2023 English

Ontario Mental Health System Reporting - Data Sources and Methodology Ontario Mental Health System Reporting DATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY ONTARIO MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM REPORTING. [...] DATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY EXHIBIT …

Korsakov’s psychosis 292: Drug psychosis 303: Alcoholism 304: Drug dependence Visits related to behavioural


Fraser Institute · 14 December 2023 English

After Estonia ended socialist rule and transitioned back to a market democracy, Estonians enjoyed vast improvements in their incomes, living standards and other key measures of prosperity. After the second …

he was unable to hold down a job. He died of alcoholism in 1984 (Laar, 2011: 29). Between Two Wolves:


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 8 December 2023 English

The development of the Canadian criminal justice system has been central to the dispossession of Indigenous populations and the safeguarding of colonial relations of power. Through the mechanisms of surveillance, …

author reveals how the tropes of addiction and alcoholism remain at the centre of what the law constitutes


CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 1 December 2023 English

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Active hepatic disease or hepatic • History of alcoholism, drug abuse, or drug insufficiency; renal insufficiency; than 1 lifetime suicide attempt • History of alcoholism, drug abuse, or drug addiction within the preceding


Fraser Institute · 30 November 2023 English

After the Soviet Union invaded Estonia and imposed socialism, living standards in Estonia plummeted—particularly compared to neighbouring Finland. Estonia and Finland share much in common including geography and natural resources. …

he was unable to hold down a job. He died of alcoholism in 1984 (Laar, 2011: 29). One week after the


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 25 November 2023 English

The 25th anniversary of a historically significant collection, presented in Cree and English. kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers' Lives As Told in Their Own Words is a collection of reminiscences …

expressions of their grief focus on the ravages of alcoholism and culminate in anguished plaints about the


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