OBJECTIVE The disease concept of treatment (DCT) has been the dominant treatment model for alcoholism in the United States for the last 30 years. This article sheds light on this treatment model by tracing its historical origins and its evolution in institutions. METHOD Accounts from the published literature on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and early alcoholism treatment programs were culled for ...

Alcoholism is a complex relapsing disorder of heterogeneous etiology, affecting people internationally. Alcohol dependence is a cumulative response of inability to stop drinking, craving and developing the symptoms of physical dependence and tolerance. In past two decades, mounting evidence has suggested that alcoholism or alcohol addiction is a host of major psychological, social, financial an...

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of lifetime alcohol abuse and/or dependence (alcoholism) in patients with bipolar disorder has been reported to be higher than in all other axis I psychiatric diagnoses. This study examined gender-specific relationships between alcoholism and bipolar illness, which have previously received little systematic study. METHOD The prevalence of lifetime alcoholism in 267 ou...

(1) Background: The treatment of substance addiction is challenging and has persisted for decades, with only a few therapeutic options. Although there are some recommendations specific treatments Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), no medication used to treat alcohol cravings, which could benefit millions patients that suffering from alcoholism. Cravings, or the urge use drugs, refer desire experience ...

Today the idea that alcoholism is a disease is only partially accepted. Polls that ask people about the nature of alcoholism provide revealing results. In 1979, one study reported that 85 percent of general practitioners viewed alcoholism as a disease — the same percentage that regarded coronary artery disease, hypertension, and epilepsy as diseases.' When a 1988 Gallup Poll asked members of th...

Past research associating phenylthiocarbamide/propylthiouracil (PTC/PROP) taste status with alcoholism has produced equivocal results. Some have found higher proportions of nontasters among those with a family history of alcoholism than controls, whereas others have not. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between PTC taste status, alcohol problems, and family history ...

alcohol use poses a variety of health complications. because alcohol consumption in the days prior to surgery can induce lower blood pressure, the anesthesiologist will need to monitor blood pressure very closely during surgery to prevent hypotension. before surgery, it is important for anesthesiologist to be aware about the amount and timing of recent alcohol consumption. less anesthesia shoul...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of alcohol abuse and alcoholism in the general population of Mostar region, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This study was conducted on a stratified sample of 704 participants. The prevalence of alcohol abuse was determined using standardized questionnaire on alcohol consumption--Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test. Prevalence of alcohol abuse with h...

Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) from normal drinkers with and without a family history of alcoholism were compared. Three separate groups of 10 subjects each (5 with and 5 without a family history of alcoholism) ingested either a placebo or ethanol at 0.56 or 0.94 g/kg. In each comparison, ERP components elicited in conjunction with subjects' decisions about task-relevant stimuli were of ...

Today the idea that alcoholism is a disease is only partially accepted. Polls that ask people about the nature of alcoholism provide revealing results. In 1979, one study reported that 85 percent of general practitioners viewed alcoholism as a disease — the same percentage that regarded coronary artery disease, hypertension, and epilepsy as diseases.' When a 1988 Gallup Poll asked members of th...