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	<title>Substance Abuse News &#187; Alcoholism</title>
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		<title>Nurse-delivered alcohol interventions more accepted</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2012/01/22/nurse-delivered-alcohol-interventions-more-accepted/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Joint Commission recently approved new hospital accreditation measures related to alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for all hospitalized patients. Yet little is known about the effectiveness of brief interventions (BIs) or inpatient acceptability of SBIRT when performed by healthcare professionals other than physicians. A new study has found high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy drinkers have poor dietary habits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excessive drinking and an unbalanced diet are two preventable contributors to health problems in the developed world. Different studies have found varying linkages between amounts of alcohol consumed and quality of diet. A new study of adults in Spain has found that heavy drinking, binge drinking, a preference for spirits, and drinking alcohol at mealtimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Definition of Alcoholism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a 1992 JAMA article, the Joint Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) published this definition for alcoholism:
&#8220;Alcoholism is a primary chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations.  The disease is often progressive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcoholism 4 times more likely in mentally ill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report shows that alcohol dependence is four times more likely to occur among adults with mental illness than among adults with no mental illness (9.6-percent versus 2.2-percent).
Based on a nationwide survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) the report also shows that the rate of alcohol dependency increases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parental Alcoholism Is Risk for Offspring&#8217;s Alcoholism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers know that there is a strong link between parental alcohol use disorders and the risk for developing an alcohol use disorders among their offspring. This study looked at the risk of alcohol use disorders in the offspring of a large population-based sample of Danish parents. Findings confirmed that parental alcohol use disorders were associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk for alcoholism linked to risk for obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity.
The researchers noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity risk has become more pronounced in recent years. Both men and women with such a family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality of A.A. is effective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addictions, whether it is to drugs or alcohol, are a very difficult hurdle for individuals to overcome. But, there are ways to help people with their recovery through 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Many of these organizations, including AA, highlight spirituality as a very important factor, but the data surrounding its effectiveness have often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stigma deters alcoholics from seeking treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the existence of effective programs for treating alcohol dependencies and disorders, less than a quarter of people who are diagnosed actually seek treatment. In a recent study by Columbia University&#8217;s Mailman School of Public Health researchers report that people diagnosed with alcoholism at some point in their lifetime were more than 60% less likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy drink use may lead to alcohol dependence</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2010/11/18/energy-drink-use-may-lead-to-alcohol-dependence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hallmark of college life is staying up late to study for an exam the following morning, and many students stay awake by consuming an energy drink. Also increasing in popularity is the practice of mixing alcohol with energy drinks. But these drinks are highly caffeinated and can lead to other problems, in addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy drinkers consume less over time</title>
		<link>http://dryspace.org/2010/10/29/heavy-drinkers-consume-less-over-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem drinkers in the general population may reduce the amount of alcohol they consume over a period of years but not to the level of the average adult, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Given that heavy drinkers often don&#8217;t become &#8220;normal&#8221; drinkers on their own, the takeaway [...]]]></description>
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