Posts Tagged ‘Alcohol’
Genders of Alcohol-Dependent Parents and Children Influence Psychopathology in the Children
No CommentsScientists already know that the children of alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals have a greater risk of developing a psychiatric illness, but the effects of gender on this risk are not well known. A new study has found that the effects of parental AD on a child’s psychopathology can be different, depending on both the gender of the AD parent and the gender of their child.
Results will be published in the October 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Researchand are currently available at Early View.
Social Costs of Alcohol Misuse in Northern Ireland for 2008/09
No CommentsIn 2009, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) appointed FGS McClure Watters, in partnership with the York Health Economics Consortium, to undertake a review of the social costs of alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland.
AA Isn’t the Best Solution: Alternatives for Alcoholics
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Building on an essay in Wired magazine by Brendan Koerner, New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks lauds to the sky AA and its founder, Bill Wilson. Both Brooks and Koerner point out the worldwide spread of AA (although it is limited mainly to the U.S. and like-minded countries), and the spread of the 12 steps to nearly all areas of behavior change, indeed, to how we approach social problems of all sorts.
ew research shows peer drug use may increase an individual’s genetic tendency to use drugs
1 CommentThe nature-nurture debate is usually about how much of something is due to our genes and how much is caused by our environment. New research just published in the academic journal Addiction shows that the case is more interesting for young women who smoke, drink, or use drugs, for two related reasons. First, a young woman with a genetic predisposition to substance use is also predisposed to choose friends who smoke, drink, or use drugs, thereby altering her environment in a way that encourages substance use.
Battling the booze how aa does the trick
No CommentsIn a special issue devoted to the 20th century, Time magazine selected 100 “Heroes and Icons” who exemplified “courage, selflessness, exuberance, superhuman ability and amazing grace”. One of those people was Bill Wilson.
His name may not be familiar to many, but Bill W — as he liked to be known — has changed the lives of millions of people, many of whom were born after his death in 1971.
