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Abstract. Over the past 55 years, two longitudinal studies have been monitoring the drinking behaviors and their consequences of several hundred men from adolescence and early adulthood to old age. The studies identified co-occurring sociopathy, cultural factors (e.g., ethnicity), and genetic factors (i.e., a family history of alcoholism) as ...
- History of NIAAA | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ...
History of NIAAA. President Nixon signed the Comprehensive...
- Culture and Alcohol Use: Historical and Sociocultural Themes ...
In summary, during the first era of alcohol studies almost...
- History of NIAAA | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ...
- Introduction
- Trying to Eradicate Alcoholism — Different Approaches
- After Prohibition — The Creation of A Modern Disease Concept
- One Or Many Types of Alcoholism — Genetic Findings and Potential Subtypes
- The Disease Concept Revisited
- New Treatment Options and Future Directions
Alcoholism research and treatment underwent significant changes in the 20th century. Within the last 100 years, a disease concept was formed, which is now widely accepted, the psychosocial and neurobiological consequences of alcoholism have been characterized and treatment programmes have been established and continuously refined. First attempts we...
In the first 30 years of the 20th century, degenerationism and the successors of the temperance movement sparked widespread political activities in the field of alcohol addiction. In the United States, the Anti-Saloon League followed the approach of the temperance movement and focused on the general problems of alcohol consumption. It succeeded in ...
It was in the wake of the failure of prohibition that the current concept of alcoholism was formed, and the worldwide shock about the cruelty and inhumanity of Nazi politics may have promoted the modern disease concept with its focus on individual therapy and its emphasis that alcohol addiction is a disease just like any other physical or mental ma...
While it had long been observed that the familial risk for alcoholism is increased, it was only because of twin and adoption studies that a genetic contribution to alcoholism was confirmed (Kaji, 1960; Cadoret and Gath, 1978). The observation that family members who share half of their genes are not more likely to develop alcoholism compared with f...
The focus on cue-induced craving and the underlying learning mechanisms (Glautier et al., 1994; Carter and Tiffany, 1999) has revived the discussion on whether the disease concept of alcoholism should be replaced by a social learning perspective (Heather, 1992). What was not being denied are the organic consequences of chronic alcohol intake, such ...
The last decade of the 20th century witnessed substantial progress in treatment options and strategies. Of special importance is the general practitioner, who sees the vast majority of patients with alcohol problems, while fewer than 10% actually enter specialized treatment programmes (Wienberg, 1992). Brief interventions in primary health care ins...
- Karl Mann, Derik Hermann, Andreas Heinz
- 2000
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Jan 12, 2024 · Alcohol Misuse in Modern Times. The history of alcohol misuse is as far-reaching as the invention of alcohol itself. Despite a better understanding of the harms of alcohol use, excessive drinking continues to be a problem. In 2020: 10. 5 million Americans over age 12 reported using alcohol within the past month.
Jan 17, 2023 · Drinking Age in American History. Among younger Americans, the prevalence of alcohol abuse declined drastically between 2004 and 2016. In the 12- to 17-year-old cohort, the incidence of dependence and abuse was more than 100 percent lower in 2016 than in 2004. For those aged 18 to 25, the rate declined 48 percent over that period.
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Jun 1, 2015 · MORE TO EXPLORE. Drinking in America: A History. Mark E. Lender and James K. Martin. Free Press (Macmillan), 1987. Toward a Molecular Basis of Alcohol Use and Abuse.
