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Functionality of alcohol in alcohol dependent women
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_200175904.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Economic evaluation of alcohol treatments: linking drinking patterns, alcohol consequences and cost effectiveness of alcohol treatments
The negative individual and social impacts of alcohol consumption raise a considerable policy interest surrounding alcohol treatment. Economic evaluations help on the allocation of scarce health care resources, but these have been inadequately conducted in the alcohol field. This thesis builds up a …
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Decreasing Alcohol Use Among High School Students By Challenging Alcohol Expectancies
Altering alcohol expectancies has reduced alcohol use among college students and may lead to successful prevention of alcohol use among high school students. We randomly assigned 379 12th-grade students to an expectancy challenge, traditional alcohol information, or control condition, and used …
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The effect of alcohol strength on alcohol consumption: a pilot study
Background: Excessive alcohol consumption can impair health, lead to intentional and non-intentional harm to the self and others and incurs a large financial burden on society. Effective interventions are required to reduce alcohol consumption and its associated harms at the population level. …
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IRAP Attitudes and Alcohol
… (IRAP) as a measure of implicit attitude to alcohol and a number of other variables comprising the Alcohol Attitudes Scale (AAS), the Frequency of participant Alcohol Use (FAU), the Quantity of participant Alcohol Use (QAU), the Temptation and Restraint Inventory (TRI), transgenerational …
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Psychosocial Maturity and Alcohol Outcomes: The Mediating role of Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies
… present study evaluated the mediating role of alcohol protective behavioral strategies on the relationship between temperance, responsibility, perspective (i.e., the facets of psychosocial maturity) and alcohol use outcomes. Potential invariant paths among graduate and undergraduate students …
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Chronic Stress during Adolescence Alters Alcohol-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in Mice Selectively Bred for High Alcohol Preference but no Low Alcohol Preference
… including an increased risk of developing an alcohol use disorder (AUD) later in life. This relationship is particularly true in individuals with a familial history of AUDs. Recent research has shown that chronic stress in adolescent mice increased voluntary alcohol consumption in adulthood, …
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The impact of alcohol control policies on alcohol use and abuse among college students.
The impact of alcohol control policies on alcohol use and abuse among college students.
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The relationship of alcohol consumption practices to leisure patterns and leisure-related alcohol expectancies
"The links between alcohol consumption and leisure in our society have been pervasive and abiding. Individuals not only typically drink in their ""free time,"" but they often drink to have a ""good time."" There is much evidence in the general alcohol expectancy literature that those individuals …
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Alcohol-Related Arrests in Birmingham.
Criminologists and historians generally conclude that the present is neither the best nor the worst as far as crime is concerned. Durkheim (1964) made a memorable observation on the inevitability of criminal acts when he said, "Crime is normal because a society exempt from it is utterly impossible" …
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Sustainable strategies for alcohol halogenation
… nucleophilic substitution reactions of alcohols are commonly employed in the formation of new carbon–halogen bonds. However, achieving substitution at the carbon next to an alcohol often comes at the cost of atom economy. This work is centred on enhancing the efficiency of alcohol …
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Alkaline condensation of ethyl alcohol
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1953
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Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies, Alcohol Consumption, and Risky Sexual Behavior Among African American College Women
… consequences. Research suggests that increased alcohol consumption is predictive of more risky sexual behavior among college women. Additionally, sex-related alcohol expectancies, or beliefs about the effects of alcohol on sexual behavior, are positively associated with increased alcohol …
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Development of a Smartphone Intervention for Cognitive Bias Modification in Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence
Abstract Objective: Heavy alcohol use and alcohol dependence are major public health issues, and in-person treatment has been impaired by the restrictions necessary during the Covid-19 pandemic. This thesis follows the development of a smartphone-based cognitive bias modification training, which …
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Levels of alcohol intoxication : an assessment of perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, practices and breath alcohol levels
… roads, and the exacerbation of this risk when alcohol limits are exceeded. In order to determine students’ and their peers’ perceptions and cognisance of their degree of intoxication, and to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices, survey data and measures of breath alcohol …
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EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE ON CRAVING, STRESS, AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING IN MODERATE TO HEAVY ALCOHOL CONSUMERS
The importance of prevention in alcoholism is underscored by relapse rates as high as 70%. Although further development of addiction treatment remains a high priority, equally important is advancement in prevention. In this regard, attention is warranted on the neural and behavioral markers of …
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EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND ACAMPROSATE, AN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER TREATMENT, ON NONHUMAN PRIMATE BEHAVIOR AND MEMORY
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major issue facing the population both domestically and abroad. The repeated use of alcohol impairs various behavioral and cognitive functions such as attention and memory and disrupts normal communications between brain regions. These disruptions in communication …
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