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Screen elderly for Alcoholism. (Mental Health).
Physicians are not doing a good job of recognizing alcohol abuse in the general population, but they're doing an even worse job in the geriatric population, Dr. Eric Weintraub said at the annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
Clinicians need to be able to screen elderly patients for alcohol abuse, said Dr. Weintraub of the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Take a good history; ask about quantity, frequency, and pattern of use. People can drink episodically and still be problem drinkers. Someone who drinks 3-5 drinks, then drives, even if it's only once a week, is at risk. It is also important to remember that denial is part of the illness. Patients frequently underestimate ...
- Alcohol abuse history could pose problems for HIV patients.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week March 3, 2004 700+ words
...with HIV infection and a history of alcohol abuse may be at higher risk for cognitive...than HIV-positive patients with no alcohol abuse history, an Ohio State University...People in the study who had previous alcohol abuse but were HIV-negative showed no significant...
- Alcohol abuse in policing: prevention strategies.
- Magazine article from: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Violanti, John M. January 1, 1999 700+ words
Alcohol abuse represents an important issue in police work. Estimates show that alcohol abuse among police officers in the United States...occupational and personal losses associated with alcohol abuse among police officers difficult to determine...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 23, 2007 700+ words
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- Aging and alcohol abuse: increasing counselor awareness.
- Magazine article from: Adultspan Journal Williams, June M. Ballard, Mary B. Alessi, Hunter March 22, 2005 700+ words
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- The family transmission of adolescent alcohol abuse and dependence *.
- Magazine article from: Journal of Studies on Alcohol Hartman, Christie A. Lessem, Jeffrey M. Hopfer, Christian J. Crowley, Thomas J. Stallings, Michael C. September 1, 2006 700+ words
...the greater the odds of developing alcohol abuse and dependence (Grant et al., 2001...adolescents meet the criteria for lifetime alcohol abuse and 3.9% of adolescents for lifetime...2002). Because the development of alcohol abuse and dependence begins in adolescence...
- Alcohol abuse may affect staffing choices.
- Magazine article from: Camping Magazine Jordan, Debra J. May 1, 1995 700+ words
...took five inventories to measure 1) alcohol abuse, 2) self-esteem, 3) depression...of seniors abused alcohol. Rates of alcohol abuse were statistically the same between...indicated that the best predictors of alcohol abuse, in order of strength, are: history...
- Alcohol abuse up, but alcoholism down.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week July 7, 2004 700+ words
...NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alcohol abuse is up in America - sharply for most...of the adult population reported alcohol abuse in 2001-2002, up from 3.03% a decade earlier, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reported. During the...
- The alcohol abuse crisis revisited. (Controversy).
- Magazine article from: University Business McNiece, Hugh October 1, 2002 700+ words
IN HER EDITORIAL, "ON THE ALCOHOL ABUSE CRISIS" [Editors Note, July...injuries annually as a result of alcohol abuse on campus. I want to join Ms...visit the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's (NIAAA...
Source: HighBeam Research, Screen elderly for Alcoholism. (Mental Health).