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- 41: Commentary: A Child Called "It"
- ... imbedded in the mind and soles of the family. Those trapped within often count their casualties, but seldom see a cure. The diseases that afflict the family in A Child Called "It" is that of alcoholism and an undefined mental illness. The problem with a mental illness in the family is two-fold. In our society, we have an attitude of, "don't ask, and if you do find out, then ... different for him than they were for his brothers and he seemed to know instinctively that this could not bode well for him. As time went on and Dave's parents slipped deeper into their alcoholism, his mother became the disciplinarian and his father just tried to stay out of her way to save his own skin. I will discuss specific events later in this piece. The primary method for socialization ... David and his brothers attended. Media did not play a factor because David was isolated in his home and not allowed to know anything but school and home. The community had no knowledge of the alcoholism infecting this home because people either turned their heads or refused to believe what was happening. David's peers were no help for two reasons. As children they are naturally cruel and hostile to ...
- 42: Alcohol
- ... million people in the United States and 1 out of every 13 adults are considered alcoholics or at least experience drinking problems to some degree. Most people just don’t understand the consequences of drinking. Alcoholism is a disease and unless something is done, more and more will be affected by this dangerous drug. A bad withdraw from this drug can lead to death, not even heroin results in death as many times as alcohol. The majority of people see alcohol as a social outlet and does not consider it to be as dangerous as it may really be. Alcoholism is an often-progressive disease with symptoms that include a strong need to drink despite negative consequences, such as serious job and health problems. The thing about alcohol is that a person does not need ... better treatment has led to high recovery rates. Despite these encouraging signs, estimates of the annual number of deaths related to excessive drinking exceed 100,000 in the United States alone. Economic costs related to alcoholism are nearly $150 billion a year. Bibliography Work Cited Page United States. National Safety Council and California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. Effects of Alcohol United States. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ...
- 43: A Look At Anemia Related To Nutritional Issues
- ... in number. Deficiency can result if you do not get enough folic acid in your diet to meet your body's demands or if your intestines cannot absorb it" (Mayo, 959). "Poor diet coupled with alcoholism is the most common cause of folate deficiency. Alcohol abuse not only contributes to malnutrition, but alcohol causes chemical changes that can result in lower folate levels. Deficiencies can also be caused by high demand ... people. There are various conditions that can cause a person to get these forms of anemia. Cancer, internal blood loss, ulcers, and lead poisoning are all conditions that could potentially cause Iron deficiency anemia. Pregnancy, alcoholism, parasitic diseases, and cancer are some conditions that may cause Folic acid deficiency anemia. Alcoholism, Chrohn's disease, and malabsorption disorders could cause Pernicious anemia. There are several treatments that have been proposed for each of these forms of anemia. For treatment of Iron deficiency anemia, iron supplementation, food ...
- 44: Alcoholizm
- Alcoholism, chronic and usually progressive illness,. Alcoholism is thought to arise from a combination of a wide range of physiological, psychological, social, and genetic factors. It is characterized by an emotional and often physical dependence on alcohol, and it frequently leads to brain damage or early death. More males than females are affected by alcoholism, but drinking among the young and among women is increasing. Consumption of alcohol is apparently on the rise in the United States, as is the total alcohol consumption and prevalence of alcohol-related problems ...
- 45: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... encompassing term that accounts for mild to severe effects. FAS is actually the extreme range of FAE, and it describes the worst problems that children can get from prenatal alcohol exposure. Blume, Sheila B. 1998. "Alcoholism in Women". Harvard Mental Health Letter. pp 5-7. The author of this article, Shelia B. Blume, M.D., C.A.C., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Medical Director of the Alcoholism, Chemical Dependency, and Compulsive Gambling Programs at the South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, Long Island. Blume focused on alcoholism in the American society, especially in regard to women, and the benefits treatment can do, not to mention stopping FAS. According to Blume, women are physiologically more sensitive to alcohol than men. The two ...
- 46: Abusing AA
- Using AA vs. Abusing AA This paper will try to explain the different views of how and why Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs are accepted and rejected as effective tools in treating alcoholism and other addictions. The articles reviewed contradict the others’ opinion. First, we see that supporting the 12-step programs with a degree of involvement both the doctor and patient will see better results in treating ... Him.” (In conclusion, I respect both sides of this argument. This argument is what I don’t respect. I see that we have lots of years of research ahead of us in the field of alcoholism and its cures. I see that we need answers to questions baffling scientists from past centuries up to today. I welcome and hope to have many future doctors and researchers questions methodologies and approaches long ... Page Using AA vs. Abusing AA This paper will try to explain the different views of how and why Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs are accepted and rejected as effective tools in treating alcoholism and other addictions. The articles reviewed contradict the others’ opinion. First, we see that supporting the 12-step programs with a degree of involvement both the doctor and patient will see better results in ...
- 47: Jeffrey Dahmer
- ... forthcoming, despite a spate of books that propose to understand the problem. Many of the theories would have you believe that the answers can always be found in childhood abuse, bad parenting, head trauma, fetal alcoholism and drug addiction. Perhaps in some cases, these are contributing factors, but not for Jeffrey Dahmer. His father, Lionel Dahmer, wrote a very sad and poignant book called A Father's Story which explores the ... in recognising the negative influences in Jeff's life. No family is perfect. Jeff's mother had various physical ailments and appeared to be high strung, coming from a background in which her father's alcoholism deeply affected her life. Lionel, a chemist who went on to get his Ph.D., stayed at work more often than he should to avoid Turmoil on the home front. Eventually, the marriage dissolved in ... became more passive, the passions between Lionel and Joyce increased, culminating in divorce when Jeff was almost eighteen. A custody battle began over David. Some months later, Lionel remarried. Whatever Lionel missed about Jeff's alcoholism, his new wife Shari did not. Lionel and Shari convinced him to try the idea of college. In the fall of 1978, they drove him to Ohio State University, but he stayed drunk the ...
- 48: Jeffrey Dalhmer
- ... forthcoming, despite a spate of books that propose to understand the problem. Many of the theories would have you believe that the answers can always be found in childhood abuse, bad parenting, head trauma, fetal alcoholism and drug addiction. Perhaps in some cases, these are contributing factors, but not for Jeffrey Dahmer. His father, Lionel Dahmer, wrote a very sad and poignant book called A Father's Story which explores the ... in recognising the negative influences in Jeff's life. No family is perfect. Jeff's mother had various physical ailments and appeared to be high strung, coming from a background in which her father's alcoholism deeply affected her life. Lionel, a chemist who went on to get his Ph.D., stayed at work more often than he should to avoid Turmoil on the home front. Eventually, the marriage dissolved in ... became more passive, the passions between Lionel and Joyce increased, culminating in divorce when Jeff was almost eighteen. A custody battle began over David. Some months later, Lionel remarried. Whatever Lionel missed about Jeff's alcoholism, his new wife Shari did not. Lionel and Shari convinced him to try the idea of college. In the fall of 1978, they drove him to Ohio State University, but he stayed drunk the ...
- 49: Carver’s Characters
- ... to say that he didn't have any problems that money couldn't solve; however, the decade of his life when he finally began getting books published, was the decade that he almost died of alcoholism. Success, for some reason, often accompanies self-destruction, as happened with several other famous writers. The alcoholism was taking up all of his time. He became what he called a full-time practicing alcoholic. Douglas Unger remembers: “We all knew he was going to die if he didn't quit drinking. And ... seizures, as though with epilepsy. These seizures are very dangerous. It's how brains are damaged during convulsions” (Halpert 59). Between October of 1976 and January of 1977, he was hospitalized four times for acute alcoholism. His house was sold in October and he began living apart from his wife, all at the same time. When he was asked how alcohol worked for or against his work, he recognized his ...
- 50: Mikhail Gorbachev
- ... be able to drink as they did, and he tried to set a good example in order to get his point across. However, his plans didn't work out as he had suspected. "Gorbachev saw alcoholism as an offense to the Soviet ideal and a symptom of weak personal morals rather than a failing of the Soviet order" (Galeotti 58). He thought that people should be able to control themselves while ... for years the communist leadership refused to acknowledge the fact that alcohol abuse posed any problems. Periodically, in pre-revolutionary times and even during the first years of Soviet power, the authorities initiated missions against alcoholism, none of which resulted in success. By the time Gorbachev got to power, the drinking problem was very much out of hand in Russia. "Until Gorbachev clamped down on the consumption of alcohol in June ... 14). With that many people in a society having problems with alcohol, obviously something had to be done. The annual loss to the economy from drunkenness was an estimated eighty to one hundred billion rubles. Alcoholism was the third most common ailment, after heart disease and cancer. The life expectancy of men was declining. Infant mortality rates were rising. Health of present and future generations was being corrupted. "It was ...
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