Alcoholism Is An Epidemic Of Alcoholism

Alcoholism is one of our nation’s largest social issues to date, and carries with it many negative aspects, the most dire being death at the hands of this disease. Alcohol and alcoholism have been part of societies for centuries. This habit was brought over to the new world when the first settlers landed on the shores of what was to become America. Furthermore, in bringing alcohol to this new land an entire nation of Native American Indians were introduced to a product that has affected them more

The Effects of Alcoholism During Pregnancy The hazardous dangers of alcoholism during pregnancy have been known for decades. However, even with the vast information given to pregnant mothers, with labeled warnings on every alcoholic beverage, pregnant women still continue to pick up the bottle of alcohol, continuing their journey to the destruction of their bodies and the road of dangers for the unborn child. Perhaps every person who has little to no knowledge in health

Teenage Alcoholism is a growing epidemic across the nation. Even though most high schools implement drug/alcohol resistance programs, it is clear many teenagers allow the valuable information to go in one ear and out of the other. Unfortunately, a lack of knowledge or attention in this direction prove to oftentimes be fatal. According to some of the leading organizations researching teenage alcoholism, almost ten million teenagers consumed alcohol within the past 30 days. More than 3/4 of the nation's

family history of alcoholism and obesity. “There was an almost perfect overlap between the B.M.I. distribution of people without a family history of alcoholism and people with a family history of alcoholism. In 2001 and 2002, adults with a family history of alcoholism were 30 to 40 percent more likely to be obese than those with no alcoholism in the family. Women were at particularly high risk: they were almost 50 percent more likely to be obese if there was family alcoholism than if there wasn’t

addresses the way alcohol use and alcoholism is approached by Native Americans and analyzes the influence of alcohol use on the health of the users. Additionally, the paper offers recommendations to healthcare providers on how to approach alcoholism in the community. Native Americans and Alcohol Use Epidemiological data shows that there has been an elevated rate of mortality and morbidity that is attributable to alcoholism in this population, and these rates remain at epidemic levels. Research on the prevalence

Thomas R. Burke, in the article The Economic Impact of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, writes about how alcohol severely affects our nation. This obviously is in the economic sense. Burke addresses how alcohol is the most common used “drug” in the United States. He informs us that no person in this culture is immune from the epidemic that is alcoholism. He goes on to list all the ages that might be affected -- All the way from youths to the elderly. The article goes on to mention how much alcoholics

Alcoholism: Native American Youth Alcoholism is a prevalent social epidemic for Native Americans, especially among youth between the ages of 13 to 18 that reside on the reservations. Alcoholism and chronic substance abuse among Native America youth is increasing at a rapid rate in the past few years. Alcoholism is risk of substance abuse or dependence is consistently elevated in adolescents who had been victims of assault or who had witnessed violence (Kilpatrick, Acierno, Saunders, Resnick, Best

reservation are at a higher risk of earlier death compared to White communities because they have less access to basic healthcare and social service resources. Arnold brings awareness to the severity of the situation when he addresses the alcohol epidemic on the reservation. He says he has been to forty-two funerals, and “90 percent of the deaths have been because of alcohol” (Alexie 200). “That’s really the biggest difference between Indians and White people” (Alexie 199). He compares

ith over 30 million Americans currently struggling with substance abuse or alcoholism, it is shocking to remember the byproduct and repercussions of such a deadly epidemic. Economically, at a state and federal level, the price of addiction manifests through lost productivity and other devastating ways. Fatalities, traffic accidents and injuries related to substance abuse take thousands of lives each year, not to mention the accidental overdoses that occur more frequently amongst prescription drug

Introduction The drug epidemic in the United States has been enlightening. Illegal drugs have cost the United States approximately 600 billion in total costs to the economy including lost wages. The biopsychosocial model is a combination of biology (body) and social, psychological (mind, and community (social). The biopsychosocial model provided a holistic approach to medicine. The biopsychosocial approach systematically considers biological, psychological and social factors and their complex interactions