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Alternate Name(s): Alcohol dependence; Alcohol abuse ... Alcoholism is an illness marked by drinking alcoholic beverages at a level that interferes with physical health, mental health, and social, family, or occupational responsibilities. Alcoholism is divided into 2 categories: dependence and abuse. ...
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Past These Walls - DVD: A Story of Alcohol, Drugs, Jail and Hope; 70-80% of those incarcerated are there due to alcohol and drug related crimes. NCADD's Richmond Affiliate, The McShin Foundation, ... Founded in 1944 by Mrs. Marty Mann, a pioneer in the alcoholism field, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence,
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Alcohol Dependence is a condition characterized by the harmful consequences of repeated alcohol use, a pattern of compulsive alcohol use, and (sometimes) ...
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Alcohol dependence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alcohol dependence , as described in the DSM-IV, is a psychiatric diagnosis describing an entity in which an individual uses alcohol despite significant areas of dysfunction, evidence of physical dep...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_dependence
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Volpicelli JR, Alterman AI, Hayashida M, O'Brien CP. Naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1992;49:876-80. ... O'Malley SS. Opioid antagonists in the treatment of alcohol dependence: clinical efficacy and prevention of relapse. Alcohol Alcohol 1996;31(Suppl 1):77-82.
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Almost one third of Americans consume enough alcohol to be considered at risk for alcohol dependence, and alcohol abuse and dependence are associated with more than 100,000 deaths from alcohol-related diseases and injuries each year.
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In addition to disulfiram, naltrexone and acamprosate are now approved for use in treating alcohol dependence. Naltrexone and acamprosate reduce relapse to heavy drinking in people who want to quit by normalizing brain dysfunction caused by alcohol dependence.
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Browse Journals > Drug and Alcohol Dependence home ... Drug and Alcohol Dependence is an international journal devoted to publishing original research, scholarly reviews, commentaries, and policy analyses in the area of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and dependence. Articles range from studies of the chemistry of...
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