ALCOHOLISM AND CHILDHOOD.

Alcoholism – the Worst Addiction

Introduction: The most common substance of abuse/dependence in patients presenting for treatment in western countries is alcohol. Ethyl alcohol or ethanol which is also called medicinal alcohol is used as an official drug compendium. It is also administered as an antidote in methanol poisoning. However, regular consumption of high amounts of alcoholic drinks induces dependence and addiction lea...

Adverse childhood experiences, alcoholic parents, and later risk of alcoholism and depression.

OBJECTIVE The study examined how growing up with alcoholic parents and having adverse childhood experiences are related to the risk of alcoholism and depression in adulthood. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, 9,346 adults who visited a primary care clinic of a large health maintenance organization completed a survey about nine adverse childhood experiences: experiencing childhood em...

Family history of alcoholism and childhood adversity: joint effects on alcohol consumption and dependence.

Empirical studies provide substantial evidence that having a family history of alcoholism increases the risk of developing alcohol dependence; however, some of this effect may be caused by nonspecific childhood socioeconomic adversity common in families with an alcohol-dependent parent. In this study, we examine joint effects of family history and childhood adversity within a sample of 509 men ...

Parental alcoholism, adverse childhood experiences, and later risk of personal alcohol abuse among Chinese medical students.

OBJECTIVE To determine the status of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the association of multiple ACEs with both parental alcoholism and later personal alcohol abuse among Chinese medical students with a view of improving adolescent health and reducing alcohol abuse among them. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 2073 Chinese medical students completed a survey on ten categories of...

Alcoholism and Latino (Hispanic Culture) Alcoholism Case Study