News tagged with alcohol problems
A brief intervention that works for drivers who persist in driving while intoxicated
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Driving while impaired (DWI) contributes significantly to road-traffic crashes, and is involved in more than one-third of all fatalities. Many DWI recidivists - drinking drivers who re-offend - do not participate in mandated ...
Treating alcohol-use disorders and tuberculosis together
Nov 19, 2009 |
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The integration of alcohol screening, treatment and referral into primary care and other medical settings is not routinely done. Nor are there any studies evaluating the effectiveness of integrating care for alcohol use ...
Researchers pioneer new treatment for social phobia and alcohol abuse
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, drinking is an essential part of a night out with friends. Alcohol is widely considered to be a social lubricant, so it's not surprising that social phobia, or extreme shyness, ...
Helping doctors ask about drug, alcohol problems
May 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If more doctors started asking, would more drug and alcohol abusers 'fess up so they could get help?
How multiple childhood maltreatments lead to greater adolescent binge drinking
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston University found that multiple types of child maltreatment are robust risk factors for underage binge drinking based on a national multi-year study that explored the influence of social environment ...
Drinking alcohol before 15 years of age is risky for later alcohol problems
Sep 29, 2008 |
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It may seem like a minor point, but it matters when someone takes their first drink of alcohol relative to later development of alcohol problems. A new study of the relationship between age at first drink (AFD) and the risk ...
