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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Alcohol Use Disorders"”.
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Reliability Generalization of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.
<p>The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) is a brief screening instrument for assessing alcohol use problems among adults. This instrument is widely used and continued evaluation of its psychometric performance is needed. Reliability and validity are the primary psychometric …
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The Relationship between Job stress and Alcohol-use Disorders among Firemen
목적 : 소방공무원을 대상으로 on-line survey를 이용하여 인구사회학적 특성, 직무특성, 외상후스트레스장애, 직무스트레스, 음주수준을 파악하고, 직무스트레스 고위험군과 저위험군에 따른 음주사용장애와의 관련성을 알아보고자 한다. 방법 : 수원, 군포지역 소방공무원 456명을 대상으로 2010년 3월 19일부터 3월 31일까지 on-line survey를 이용하여 실시한 단면연구이다. 설문조사는 인구사회학적특성, 직무특성, 외상후스트레스장애, 직무스트레스, 음주에 관한 내용으로 구성되었다. 직무스트레스는 한국인 직무스트레스 …
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Disinhibition in South African treatment-naïve adolescents with alcohol use disorders
… control impairments that have been documented in alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Previous AUD research has focused on treatment-seeking adults with comorbid psychopathology; with regard to the disinhibitory complex, such individuals are likely to differ from younger, treatment-naïve individuals, …
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A Gender -Specific Alcohol Use Disorders Screening Instrument: Validation of a Measure
… are less likely to detect problematic alcohol use among women than men. This study determined the sensitivity of WOMAN Screen, a gender-specific alcohol use disorders screening instrument proposed to more effectively identify problematic alcohol use among women. This study also tested …
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Enhancing Motivation to Change in Clients with Alcohol Use Disorders: Video Feedback as a Brief Intervention
… lower levels of quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, decreases in alcohol-related problem behaviors, and expectations of the positive effects of alcohol for individuals mandated to treatment for alcohol-use disorders. DUI offenders (n = 8) and heavy drinking college students (n = …
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Enhancing Motivation to Change in Clients with Alcohol Use Disorders: Video Feedback as a Brief Intervention
… lower levels of quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, decreases in alcohol-related problem behaviors, and expectations of the positive effects of alcohol for individuals mandated to treatment for alcohol-use disorders. DUI offenders (n = 8) and heavy drinking college students (n = …
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ENDOGENOUS CANNABINOID SYSTEM MODULATION OF THE REINFORCING PROPERTIES OF ETHANOL DURING DEPENDENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are a significant source of health and economic cost to society within the United States. Despite this, highly efficacious treatments for AUDs remain elusive. An AUD is a chronically relapsing disorder characterized by a cycle of preoccupation/wanting of ethanol, …
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Alcohol Use Disorders And Labor Market Outcomes: An Analysis Using 2001-02 National Epidemiology Survey On Alcohol And Related Conditions
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p><b>ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS AND LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES: AN ANALYSIS USING 2001-02 NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY SURVEY ON ALCOHOL AND RELATED CONDITIONS</b></p> <p>by</p> <p>SHAMMIMA JESMIN</p> <p>May 2010</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Allen Goodman </p> <p>Major: Economics</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of …
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The Utilization of Close Friends to Measure Prevalence, Level of Recognition, and the Confrontation of Alcohol Use Disorders Among College Students
… from friend-report, the ability to recognize an alcohol use disorder (AUD) according to DSM-IV criteria, and confrontations among college friends regarding alcohol problems. Students responded to a survey inquiring about the drinking habits of "their closest friend". A significant difference was …
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Alcohol Use As A Precipitant And Comorbidity In Primary Headache
… association between co-occurring psychiatric disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder, anxiety, panic) and migraine and tth, however co-occurring alcohol-use disorders are relatively unexplored. The limited studies that have explored alcohol-use disorders have produced mixed findings, …
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The effects of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure on withdrawal related behaviors, dopamine terminal function and kappa opioid system sensitivity in the nucleus accumbens core
Alcohol use disorders are a rampant economic and health concern in the United States. Chronic alcohol use and abstinence is often followed by relapse to ethanol drinking occurs in response to the withdrawal symptoms of the drug. However, the neurobiological underpinnings of this disorder are not …
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The Mental Health of Peruvian Immigrants in Santiago, Chile
… study exploring prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMDs), psychotic symptoms and Hazardous Drinking (HD) and factors associated with each outcome in a large group of first generation economic ‘immigrants’ in Santiago, Chile (i.e. born in Peru) compared with a geographically matched sample …
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Turning To The Bottle For Answers: Identifying Racial Differences in Predictors of Risk Drinking Among College Women
Epidemiological data suggest that alcohol use and related problems have increased among college women. The current study examined psychosocial predictors of risk drinking in a sample of college women (N=360), whether race moderated this relationship. Potential predictors included: daily smoker; …
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The Relationship between Acculturation, Collectivism, Individualism and Alcohol Use in Mexican Descent Adults Living In The Kansas City Regional Area
… acculturated to American society, their risk for alcohol use disorders increases sharply. However, many of these studies have used only proxy measures of acculturation, and most of them have used a one-dimensional paradigm of acculturation. This study examined the role of individualism and …
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Spirituality and alcohol consumption in a general population
… the relationship between spirituality and alcohol consumption in a general population because spirituality is important when it comes to the treatment and continued recovery from addiction. In order to measure spirituality, we used three psychometrically tested measures; The Intrinsic …
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Relación entre rumiación y consumo problemático de alcohol en estudiantes de universidades privadas de Lima Metropolitana
… Metropolitan Lima needs an empirical input because it is affected physically, socially and psychologically. That is why the purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between rumination and harmful alcohol drinking in this population. Two hundred eighty students were evaluated (M = …
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Differences between post-bariatric patients and controls in a substance abuse rehabilitation program: Implications for treatment
<p>A comprehensive substance abuse treatment facility began observing increased admissions who reported histories of bariatric surgeries. The present study examined what unique variables may pose risk for substance abuse among bariatric surgery candidates and what issues may affect prognosis or …
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ADENOSINE SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND SK CHANNELS MODULATE BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA PYRAMIDAL CELL EXCITABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS AND COMORBID ETHANOL ABUSE
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) impart serious social and economic costs on society. For example, nearly 1 in 18 Americans abuses or is addicted to alcohol, contributing nearly $234 billion per year in socioeconomic costs. Despite this, effective pharmacological treatments remain elusive. To aid in …
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Studentų metakognicijų sąsajos su patiriamu nerimu, depresiškumu ir alkoholio vartojimo įpročiais /
… metacognitions, anxiety, depressive symptoms, alcohol use in university students. 106 students participated in the study, including 84 female students (19.8%) and 21 male students (19.8%), 1 subject (0.9%) did not specify gender. Subjects ranged in age from 18 to 52 ( M = 25.59; SD = 6.7). The …
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