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Paradoxically, advances in understanding of the causal associations between alcohol consumption and various conditions have complicated our ability to discern trends in the health consequences of alcohol consumption over time. Methods: Four distinct needs for information on alcohol’s role in causing...
The Effects of Price on the Consequences of Alcohol Use and Abuse Economists have examined the impact of alcohol prices on various outcomes related to alcohol consumption, including nonfatal and fatal motor vehicle accidents, other accidents, liver cirrhosis, and other alcohol-related mortality, crime...
But drinking too much—on a single occasion or over time—can have serious consequences for our health. Most Americans recognize that drinking too much can lead to accidents and dependence. But that’s only part of the story. In addition to these serious problems, alcohol abuse can damage ...
This conceptionplaced alcohol dependence on one axis and related problems or consequencesof drinking on another.17 The findings supportthe idea that conditions on these 2 axes co-occur in some but not all cases,information that is lost with DSM-IV because of theexclusion of abuse when dependence...
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Overall, empirical studies have demonstrated that harm reduction approaches to alcohol problems are at least as effective as abstinence-oriented approaches at reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences. Based on these findings, we discuss the importance of individualizing alcohol prevention...
Opioid use is potentially, but not necessarily, concurrent with the clinical diagnoses of opioid abuse or dependence. While not all datasets allow a rigorous classification of abuse or dependence, opioid users are identified in the data by virtue of the health or treatment consequences of their ...
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OF ALCOHOL A GLOBAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES WHO Gobal Status Report 2014 • Chapter 1: Alcohol and public health • Chapter 2: Alcohol consumption • Chapter 3: Health consequences • Chapter 4: Alcohol policy and interventions Appendices : • Country profiles • Additional indicators • ...