 | 1994 - 456 pages
...social well-being of problem drinkers. Alcohol dependence, often called alcoholism, refers to a disease characterized by abnormal alcohol-seeking behavior...drinking. Although alcoholics and alcohol abusers experience many of the same harmful effects of drinking, the critical difference between the two is... | |
 | Margaret O. Hyde - 1998 - 138 pages
...drinking that results in health consequences, social problems, or both. However, alcohol dependence, or alcoholism, refers to a disease that is characterized...behavior that leads to impaired control over drinking. Short-term effects of alcohol use include: • distorted vision, hearing, and coordination • altered... | |
 | Elizabeth B. Robertson - 1999 - 549 pages
...Georgia. Epidemiologie data on alcohol problem indicators in this area PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE Alcohol abuse refers to patterns of problem drinking...physical dependence on alcohol and their impaired control over drinking (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 1994a, p. xxi). National... | |
 | Kelli McCormack Brown, David Q. Thomas, Jerome Edward Kotecki - 2002 - 464 pages
...(see long-term effects of alcohol), as well as to dependence or alcoholism. Alcohol dependence, or alcoholism, refers to a disease that is characterized...behavior that leads to impaired control over drinking. Many factors contribute to alcohol dependence, including personality characteristics, stress, family... | |
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Alcohol dependence, often called alcoholism, refers to a disease that is characterized by abnormal alcohol-seeking behavior that leads to impaired control over drinking. Although alcoholics and alcohol abusers... 