MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 5000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism' source. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:41:47 +0100 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/alcoholism-the-cause-the-cure-the-biochemical-solution-2007-nov-15.html Genita Petralli is a licensed, board certified H.H.P., N.C., and M.H. She is the author of Alcoholism: The Cause & The Cure and the Founder of AAAA (Alternative Approaches to end Alcohol Abuse) and Program Director of the 101 Program and the Ark bio-repair clinic in Santa Cruz, CA. She spent 10 years researching what changes occurred in the brain chemistry of long-term recreational drinkers that led to alcoholism as well as the epigenetic influences that inspired alcohol and other addictions. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1030287 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:43:38 +0100 1030287 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/blogs/a-place-to-start-2007-aug-04.html I find it a profound experience and insight that lifes events/happenings especially those of a negative kind influence us to act out in a reactive manner. Typically, as in my experiences, a pattern of behaviour, an event, or a series of events directed towards self destruction, decay, immorality, and malice towards others. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=779546 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:41:09 +0100 779546 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/links/alcoholism-and-alcohol-addiction-treatment-2007-jul-16.html Alcoholism and alcohol addiction treatment book. Discover the cause and holistic cure to the addiction. (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=737694 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:12:11 +0100 737694 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/alcohol-rehab-2006-mar-12.html Life in alcohol rehab: Petty rules and $15,700 fee aside, addiction centre did what it could read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730774 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:00:00 +0100 730774 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/homeless-people-addicted-to-alcohol-2006-jan-06.html Shelter-based managed alcohol administration to chronically homeless people addicted to alcohol ABSTRACT Background: People who are homeless and chronically alcoholic have increased health problems, use of emergency services and police contact, with a low likelihood of rehabilitation. Harm reduction is a policy to decrease the adverse consequences of substance use without requiring abstinence. The shelter-based Managed Alcohol Project (MAP) was created to deliver health care to homeless adults with alcoholism and to minimize harm; its effect upon consumption of alcohol and use of crisis services is described as proof of principle.   Methods: Subjects enrolled in MAP were dispensed alcohol on an hourly basis. Hospital charts were reviewed for all emergency department (ED) visits and admissions during the 3 years before and up to 2 years after program enrolment, and the police database was accessed for all encounters during the same periods. The results of blood tests were analyzed for trends. A questionnaire was administered to MAP participants and staff about alcohol use, health and activities of daily living before and during the program. Direct program costs were also recorded. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730775 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 730775 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/alcohol-abuse-2006-jan-03.html When drinking becomes alcohol abuse Drinking alcohol is a part of Western culture. It is almost a rite of passage and most people who drink alcohol don't get into any real trouble with it. But some do. As individuals and as a society we need to recognize when drinking alcohol becomes alcohol abuse, so we can do something about it. Alcohol abuse is any kind of drinking that has negative effects on the drinker or on those around him. Obviously, if your drinking leads to impairment, you are abusing alcohol. But if it leads to social, legal, employment, family or financial problems, it is considered to be alcohol abuse. If your drinking is affecting your health, you are abusing alcohol. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730776 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 730776 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/prenatal-alcohol-dependency-2005-sep-06.html Prenatal alcohol linked to slower cognitive skills A new study links moderate to heavy prenatal alcohol exposure to slower cognitive processing speeds and lower cognitive processing efficiency in children compared with unexposed children. Dr. Matthew Burden (PhD), a postdoctoral research fellow at Wayne State University school of medicine here led a study of 337 children from the Detroit Prenatal Alcohol Longitudinal Cohort. Maternal alcohol use data had been collected for this cohort during prenatal visits. Effects persist read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730777 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:00:00 +0100 730777 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/aa-alcoholics-anonymous-2005-sep-04.html Gamblers, alcoholics can get help on road ""Irving S." is a one-time compulsive gambler who credits a self-help group called Gamblers Anonymous with keeping him away from the gaming tables here and anyplace else that legalized gambling is a way of life. "I've lost enough money to buy the Empire State Building," he says. When he travels, he makes a point of seeking out a local chapter of Gamblers Anonymous wherever he goes. "I'll tell my wife, 'Tonight's a meeting night,' and that's it." Like many other Americans confronting problems of drinking, gambling, drug addiction and overeating, Irving (Gamblers Anonymous uses only first names and initials) relies on regular meetings with his self-help group to keep him from falling back into his old ways. The need for this support continues even while he is vacationing. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730778 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 06:00:00 +0100 730778 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/alcoholism-2005-sep-03.html Alcoholism a weakness, not a disease Alcoholism is not a disease, alcohol is not an addictive drug and alcoholics should be taught to drink in moderation, a British writer says in a provocative new book. Alcoholics Anonymous-style programs, which require total abstinence, are more about brainwashing than medical treatment and lead to binge drinking for the majority who cannot stay the course, writes Andrew Barr in the controversial Drink, a Social History of America. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730779 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 06:00:00 +0100 730779 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/alcohol-remains-a-popular-poison-2004-nov-17.html Booze Is Montreal's most lethal drug. Province's committee to fight addiction releases a portrait of drug consumption The Quebec government's permanent committee to fight drug addiction is about to tell a room full of reporters just how many drugs - legal and otherwise - Montrealers have been taking orally, intravenously or through the delivery system of rolling paper and a book of matches since 1999. But if everybody and their microphone is ready to learn about what's new about heroin or cocaine or ecstasy, or whether it's time to rethink the marijuana laws, what surfaces from the committee's 49- page report is as uncomfortably familiar as the kick from a vodka shooter. "Definitely, it's alcohol," says Michel Germain, the committee's general director, referring to the 11,500 hospitalizations a year in Montreal attributable to drugs. "Overall, we're talking about 8,000 for alcohol, 2,000 for illegal drugs and 1,500 for legal drugs." read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730780 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:00:00 +0100 730780 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/addicts-look-to-fix-problems-not-feed-habit-2004-nov-03.html SUBSTANCE ABUSE/ Junkies and alcoholics never learned capacity for self-care, according to leading expert Second in a two-part series on crime and violence among today's youth. Some people dismiss junkies and alcoholics as weak characters who live only for happy hour and deserve scorn for the misery their self- destructive behaviour inflicts on others. But, according to a leading expert on addiction, their condition likely has much less to do with selfish hedonism than with self- medication gone awry. Dr. Edward Khantzian -- a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who has studied psychological factors associated with drug and alcohol abuse for more than 30 years -- shared his observations recently at the Caring For Our Youth symposium at Stenberg College in Whalley. He sees substance abuse as a "self-regulation disorder" and drug addiction/alcoholism as an individual's misguided attempt to fix problems rooted in infancy. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730781 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 07:00:00 +0100 730781 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/back-from-depths-of-despair-years-of-addiction-2004-may-14.html Back from depths of despair: Cambridge resident survives years of addiction Billy Moore is back. Back, that is, from the depths of despair that go hand in hand with a drug and alcohol addiction so severe there seems no way out. Moore, 52, is a survivor of addiction and he has much to prove it, including a Courage to Come Back Award presented by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation. He is among six Ontario residents who will be presented the award on May 20 in Toronto. The award is presented to individuals who have shown courage and determination in the face of mental illness and addiction. "I know there's people out there who deserve it more than I do," Moore said of his award. "All I wanted to do was straighten out my life. I wasn't expecting to win anything for it." Moore's drug and alcohol addiction began as a teenager and continued for 27 years until he literally hit rock bottom, losing an auto repair business, his family, a wife and child and any hope of righting the wrongs of the past. read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730782 Fri, 14 May 2004 06:00:00 +0100 730782 http://www.encognitive.com/alcoholism/alcohol-problems-and-interest-in-self-help-2004-mar-01.html Background: We quantified the prevalence of alcohol problems among Alberta adults and determined relationships between sociodemographic characteristics, problem drinking status, and interest in self-help materials to reduce alcohol use. Methods: A computer-aided telephone interview was administered to a stratified random sample of 10,014 Albertans, 18 years of age or older (5,621 women and 4,393 men; M age = 43.3 years, SD = 16.0), with a response rate of 65.4%. Measures included: 1) current drinking status, 2) prior alcohol treatment, 3) problem drinking status (using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; AUDIT), and 4) interest in receiving free selfhelp materials to encourage safe drinking. Data were weighted to reflect age, sex, and regional Alberta population.   Results: Of the total sample, 19.3% abstained from drinking in the past year, 4.2% had received treatment for alcohol problems at some point in their lives, and 80.7% were current drinkers (i.e., consumed alcohol in the previous year). Some 15.2% (n=1,193) of current drinkers were classified as having a drinking problem. Logistic regression analyses showed that problem drinkers had 3.5 times greater odds of being male and 2.3 times greater odds of being interested in self-help interventions, compared to other current drinkers. Being single, of younger age, and not being exposed to post-secondary education also significantly predicted problem drinking status. Interpretation: Alcohol misuse is common among Alberta drinkers, but many of them are interested in receiving brief public health interventions designed to help them assert control over their behaviour. Alcohol is a leading contributor to preventable death and, at high consumption levels, increases the likelihood of morbidity, trauma, casualties, and violence.1-3 A recent Canadian study estimated that alcohol abuse accounted for $7.5 billion in economic costs in 1992.4 The spectrum of adult alcohol use includes social drinkers, problem drinkers, and those exhibiting alcohol dependence.3 In this context, the ratio of problem drinkers to people exhibiting clinical symptoms of alcohol dependence is estimated to be about 4:1.3 Despite increased risk of experiencing health and social problems,5 most of these problem drinkers will never access formal alcohol treatment;6-9 a Canadian study estimated that the ratio of treated to untreated problem drinkers is about 1:10.10 Problem drinkers generally do not seek treatment because of stigma or embarrassment,11-13 and when asked why they have not sought help from a treatment program or health agency, overwhelmingly indicate that they "want to change on their own".14,15 read more (Source: ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism) ENCOGNITIVE.COM - Alcoholism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=730783 Mon, 01 Mar 2004 07:00:00 +0100 730783