Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from March 2003

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from March 2003

Some possible genetic parallels across alcoholism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia *.(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... IN RECENT YEARS, several articles have suggested there may be some shared genetic susceptibility factors for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia (Badner and Gershon, 2002; Berrettini, 2000; Cloninger, 2002; Wildenauer et al., 1999). Support for...

Drinking for wages: alcohol use among Cantineras *.
March 1, 2003... Yo se que uno arriesga su salud, y pues uno se la va rifando cada dia. Pero sin embargo, para uno [beber] es un deber, es un trabajo. I know that one risks one's health and that one gambles with it everyday. Nonetheless, one's [drinking] is a...

Parental risk factors and social assimilation in alcohol dependence of Mexican Americans.
March 1, 2003... THIS STUDY addresses the role of parental behavioral health problems and social assimilation in the alcohol abuse or dependence (AAD) of adult children of Mexican immigrants to the United States. People of Mexican origin comprise two thirds of...

Association of the ADH2*3 Allele with greater alcohol expectancies in African-American young adults *.
March 1, 2003... MOST INVESTIGATORS favor a model of alcoholism where a genetic predisposition interacts with environmental variables to produce the overall risk for the disorder (Devor and Cloninger, 1989; Goldman, 1993; Schuckit, 1985). Findings on the...

The moderation of genetic and shared-environmental influences on adolescent drinking by levels of parental drinking *.
March 1, 2003... LEVELS OF PARENTAL DRINKING correlate with adolescent alcohol use. What underlies this correlation, however, has been a matter of substantial debate across the nature-nurture divide. On one side, environmental explanations implicate exposure to...

Neuropsychological characteristics of young children from high-density alcoholism families: a three-year follow-up *.
March 1, 2003... DURING THE LAST TWO DECADES, the young children of alcoholics have been described as having greater cardiovascular hyperreactivity, lower amplitudes and delayed latencies of the P3b component of event-related potentials (ERPs), a higher...

Alcohol culture, family structure and adolescent alcohol use: multilevel modeling of frequency of heavy drinking among 15-16 year old students in 11 European countries *.
March 1, 2003... HEAVY ALCOHOL USE constitutes a major problem .for the physical, psychological and social well-being of adolescents. It involves serious short-term and long-term health risks (Hansell et al., 1999; Lieber, 1998) and anticipates future problem...

Using the chronic care model to improve treatment of alcohol use disorders in primary care settings *.
March 1, 2003... ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS are a significant public health concern in the United States. Adverse consequences associated with alcohol dependence, abuse and problem drinking include increased morbidity and mortality (McGinnis and Foege, 1993) as...

Treatment and outcomes of older patients with alcohol use disorders in community residential programs *.
March 1, 2003... AS THE NUMBER of older persons with alcohol use disorders has increased over recent decades, concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of various treatment options. In general, research results have been encouraging, indicating that...

A five-year prospective study of diagnostic orphans for alcohol use disorders *.
March 1, 2003... CLINICAL DIAGNOSES help clinicians identify individuals for whom intervention is most appropriate and offer guidelines on the optimal treatment (Goodwin and Guze, 1996; Schuckit, 1998). To be of greatest use, the criteria for these labels must...

Alcohol consumption, beverage prices and measurement error *.
March 1, 2003... ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION is an important public policy issue because of its associations with drunk driving, violence and diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver. How these behaviors respond to changes in the price of alcohol is important for a...

Barriers to employability among substance dependent and nonsubstance-affected women on federal welfare: implications for program design *.
March 1, 2003... THE 1996 WELFARE REFORM ACT transformed the traditional cash welfare entitlement to a transitional program of temporary aid. Among the key provisions of the Welfare Reform Act were a mandatory time limit on benefits and the introduction of...

Childhood victimization and alcohol symptoms in women: an examination of protective factors *.
March 1, 2003... AN INCREASING NUMBER of studies have documented a relationship between childhood victimization and alcohol problems in women (Bensley et al., 1999; Downs et al., 1987; Ireland and Widom, 1994; Jasinski et al., 2000; Miller et al., 1987, 1990;...

Prior Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) affiliation and the acceptability of the Twelve Steps to patients entering UK statutory addiction treatment *.
March 1, 2003... THERE ARE MORE THAN 3,000 AA meetings each week in the UK, approximately 500 in London (personal communication with the AA General Service Board). AA is built around a program to recovery, the Twelve Steps, and is based on mutual help, group...

Characteristics associated with alcohol consumption in Germany.
March 1, 2003... THERE IS NO DOUBT about the hazardous health effects of excessive and chronic alcohol consumption. Even amounts less than 30 g/d of alcohol may increase the risk of several diseases, including cirrhosis of the liver and cancer (Klatzky and...

Alcohol prevention targeting licensed premises: a study of effects on violence *.
March 1, 2003... THE NUMBER OF LICENSED PREMISES in Sweden has increased markedly during the past decade. Changes in the Swedish national alcohol policy have taken place during this period, and these changes affect the occurrence of alcohol problems associated...

Changes in drinking status, serious illness and mortality *.
March 1, 2003... THE RELATIONSHIP OF DRINKING to all-cause mortality is often described by a J-shaped curve where abstainers and heavy drinkers are at higher mortality risk (Beaglehole and Jackson, 1992; Criqui, 1990; Marmot, 1984; Moore and Pearson, 1986;...

Semantic processing in alcoholics with and without antisocial symptomatology *.
March 1, 2003... CURRENT LITERATURE ACKNOWLEDGES a high frequency of comorbid antisocial personality (ASP) symptomatology in chronic alcoholics, a situation often associated with earlier onset, more severe course, and less satisfactory treatment outcomes...

Expectancies and evaluations of alcohol effects among college students: self-determination as a moderator *.
March 1, 2003... THE LITERATURE on alcohol expectancies (AE) has provided a rich framework for understanding drinking behavior. A consistent link has been found between AE and college student drinking (Brown, 1985; Sher et al., 1996; Wood et al., 1996). AE are...