UNDERSTANDING OF ALCOHOLISM AS FAMILY DISEASEGUDINSKIEN, VidaGEDMINIEN, RasaSocial Education / Socialinis UgdymasGudžinskienė, Vida in Rasa Gedminienė. 2011. Understanding of Alcoholism as Family Disease. Social Education / Socialinis Ugdymas 14 (25): 163-172....
According to the latest research on alcohol-associated liver disease (AALD), a broad spectrum of illnesses can be caused by drinking-related damage, including alcoholic steatosis (fatty liver disease), cirrhosis, liver cancer and a particularly severe illness known as alcoholic hepatitis (AH). On ...
Further, public understandings of alcohol problems are heavily divergent from professional AUD concepts and remain embedded within an ‘alcoholism’ master narrative in which disease model stereotypes come with multiple costs for prevention and ‘recovery’. The persistence of a problematic ‘alcoholism...
“Diane has schizophrenia".Similarly, Robert has alcoholism, Spencer has autism, and Meliss a has anorexia(厌食症).By making this seemingly simple switch, we immediately change the tone, showing that these are illnesses instead of failings, and that they deserve the same dignity as physical ...
Excessive intake of alcohol (alcoholism) Stimulant drug use such as cocaine or decongestants Recent heart or lung surgery Abnormal heart structure from the time of birth (congenital) About 1 in 10,000 young adults in otherwise good health have the disease without any apparent cause or underlying...
as our understanding of the genetic basis of the disease continues to expand, gene therapy may become a viable option for those with a high genetic risk of alcoholism. One of the areas of focus in pharmacogenetics is determining an individual’s response to medications that aid in the preventi...
(e.g., places, people, or activities). These associations become deeply ingrained, making it difficult to break the cycle of addiction. For instance, an individual recovering from alcoholism might experience intense cravings when exposed to a bar setting or even seeing a beer advertisement. This...
The term functional alcoholism allows the enabler to continue the advantages of the relationship they have with the alcoholic, even while their role as an enabler grows worse. The defense is called “minimizing” . . . When To UseHis (her) drinking doesn’t affect me-- he’s a “...
Visible addictions such as alcoholism, drug use and gambling may be more perceptible to the outside world that surrounds an addicted person, and interventions may come about sooner as a result of a failure to successfully conceal the addictive habits any longer. However, invisible addictions can ...
alcohol use is strategically crucial. This understanding serves as a foundation for developing and testing innovative prevention and harm reduction strategies in the UK. This study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the intricate health needs of individuals with problematic drug and alcohol misuse...