A disorder associated with three or more of the following: eating until feeling uncomfortably full; eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry; eating much more rapidly than normal; eating alone due to embarrassment; feeling of disgust, DEPRESSION, or guilt after overeating. Criteria includes occurrence on average, at least 2 days a week for 6 months. The binge eating is not associated with the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behavior (i.e. purging, excessive exercise, etc.) and does not co-occur exclusively with BULIMIA NERVOSA or ANOREXIA NERVOSA. (From DSM-IV, 1994)
An eating disorder that is characterized by a cycle of binge eating (BULIMIA or bingeing) followed by inappropriate acts (purging) to avert weight gain. Purging methods often include self-induced VOMITING, use of LAXATIVES or DIURETICS, excessive exercise, and FASTING.
An acute brain syndrome which results from the excessive ingestion of ETHANOL or ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
A clear, colorless liquid rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and distributed throughout the body. It has bactericidal activity and is used often as a topical disinfectant. It is widely used as a solvent and preservative in pharmaceutical preparations as well as serving as the primary ingredient in ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Behaviors associated with the ingesting of alcoholic beverages, including social drinking.
A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.
Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.
A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents).
A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4)
Individuals' concept of their own bodies.
Individuals enrolled in a school or formal educational program.
Disorders related to or resulting from abuse or mis-use of alcohol.
Ingestion of a greater than optimal quantity of food.
An eating disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of APPETITE, known as ANOREXIA. Other features include excess fear of becoming OVERWEIGHT; BODY IMAGE disturbance; significant WEIGHT LOSS; refusal to maintain minimal normal weight; and AMENORRHEA. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
A person's view of himself.
Drinkable liquids containing ETHANOL.
Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.
Any observable response or action of an adolescent.
An umbrella term used to describe a pattern of disabilities and abnormalities that result from fetal exposure to ETHANOL during pregnancy. It encompasses a phenotypic range that can vary greatly between individuals, but reliably includes one or more of the following: characteristic facial dysmorphism, FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION, central nervous system abnormalities, cognitive and/or behavioral dysfunction, BIRTH DEFECTS. The level of maternal alcohol consumption does not necessarily correlate directly with disease severity.
Behaviors associated with the ingesting of water and other liquids; includes rhythmic patterns of drinking (time intervals - onset and duration), frequency and satiety.
Telephone surveys are conducted to monitor prevalence of the major behavioral risks among adults associated with premature MORBIDITY and MORTALITY. The data collected is in regard to actual behaviors, rather than on attitudes or knowledge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 1984.
Undertaking a task involving a challenge for achievement or a desirable goal in which there is a lack of certainty or a fear of failure. It may also include the exhibiting of certain behaviors whose outcomes may present a risk to the individual or to those associated with him or her.
Liver disease lasting six months or more, caused by an adverse drug effect. The adverse effect may result from a direct toxic effect of a drug or metabolite, or an idiosyncratic response to a drug or metabolite.
An act performed without delay, reflection, voluntary direction or obvious control in response to a stimulus.
The feeling-tone accompaniment of an idea or mental representation. It is the most direct psychic derivative of instinct and the psychic representative of the various bodily changes by means of which instincts manifest themselves.
The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.
Categorical classification of MENTAL DISORDERS based on criteria sets with defining features. It is produced by the American Psychiatric Association. (DSM-IV, page xxii)
A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the acceptable or desirable weight, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
Disorders related to substance abuse.
A central nervous system stimulant and sympathomimetic with actions and uses similar to DEXTROAMPHETAMINE. The smokable form is a drug of abuse and is referred to as crank, crystal, crystal meth, ice, and speed.
Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.
Habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite, especially but not exclusively the consumption of alcohol.
Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.
The selection of one food over another.
An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.
The observable, measurable, and often pathological activity of an organism that portrays its inability to overcome a habit resulting in an insatiable craving for a substance or for performing certain acts. The addictive behavior includes the emotional and physical overdependence on the object of habit in increasing amount or frequency.
The consumption of edible substances.
A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area.
Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.
A strain of albino rat used widely for experimental purposes because of its calmness and ease of handling. It was developed by the Sprague-Dawley Animal Company.
An indicator of body density as determined by the relationship of BODY WEIGHT to BODY HEIGHT. BMI=weight (kg)/height squared (m2). BMI correlates with body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE). Their relationship varies with age and gender. For adults, BMI falls into these categories: below 18.5 (underweight); 18.5-24.9 (normal); 25.0-29.9 (overweight); 30.0 and above (obese). (National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Created 1 January 1993 as a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Statistical models which describe the relationship between a qualitative dependent variable (that is, one which can take only certain discrete values, such as the presence or absence of a disease) and an independent variable. A common application is in epidemiology for estimating an individual's risk (probability of a disease) as a function of a given risk factor.
Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.
Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.
Days commemorating events. Holidays also include vacation periods.
A direct form of psychotherapy based on the interpretation of situations (cognitive structure of experiences) that determine how an individual feels and behaves. It is based on the premise that cognition, the process of acquiring knowledge and forming beliefs, is a primary determinant of mood and behavior. The therapy uses behavioral and verbal techniques to identify and correct negative thinking that is at the root of the aberrant behavior.
A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal "over fat".
Books designed to give factual information or instructions.
Standardized procedures utilizing rating scales or interview schedules carried out by health personnel for evaluating the degree of mental illness.
Physiological and psychological symptoms associated with withdrawal from the use of a drug after prolonged administration or habituation. The concept includes withdrawal from smoking or drinking, as well as withdrawal from an administered drug.
A directed conversation aimed at eliciting information for psychiatric diagnosis, evaluation, treatment planning, etc. The interview may be conducted by a social worker or psychologist.
Disorders related or resulting from use of amphetamines.
An alkaloid ester extracted from the leaves of plants including coca. It is a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor and is clinically used for that purpose, particularly in the eye, ear, nose, and throat. It also has powerful central nervous system effects similar to the amphetamines and is a drug of abuse. Cocaine, like amphetamines, acts by multiple mechanisms on brain catecholaminergic neurons; the mechanism of its reinforcing effects is thought to involve inhibition of dopamine uptake.
The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
A diet designed to cause an individual to lose weight.
A loosely defined group of drugs that tend to increase behavioral alertness, agitation, or excitation. They work by a variety of mechanisms, but usually not by direct excitation of neurons. The many drugs that have such actions as side effects to their main therapeutic use are not included here.
A condition characterized by alterations of the sense of taste which may range from mild to severe, including gross distortions of taste quality.
Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with major depression present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.
The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community.
Physiologic mechanisms which regulate or control the appetite and food intake.
Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003)
Check list, usually to be filled out by a person about himself, consisting of many statements about personal characteristics which the subject checks.
Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.
A form of therapy in which two or more patients participate under the guidance of one or more psychotherapists for the purpose of treating emotional disturbances, social maladjustments, and psychotic states.
The geographic area of the northwestern region of the United States. The states usually included in this region are Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable.
Group composed of associates of same species, approximately the same age, and usually of similar rank or social status.
Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.
The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons.
Studies in which variables relating to an individual or group of individuals are assessed over a period of time.
The desire for FOOD generated by a sensation arising from the lack of food in the STOMACH.
The application of modern theories of learning and conditioning in the treatment of behavior disorders.
The art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures for entertainment, propaganda, or instruction.
Method for obtaining information through verbal responses, written or oral, from subjects.
Organized efforts to insure obedience to the laws of a community.
Behavioral response associated with the achieving of gratification.
Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.
The effect of environmental or physiological factors on the driver and driving ability. Included are driving fatigue, and the effect of drugs, disease, and physical disabilities on driving.
The excessive use of marijuana with associated psychological symptoms and impairment in social or occupational functioning.
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.
Decrease in existing BODY WEIGHT.
Persistent, unwanted idea or impulse which is considered normal when it does not markedly interfere with mental processes or emotional adjustment.
An N-substituted amphetamine analog. It is a widely abused drug classified as a hallucinogen and causes marked, long-lasting changes in brain serotonergic systems. It is commonly referred to as MDMA or ecstasy.
Drinking an excessive amount of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES in a short period of time.
A mechanism of information stimulus and response that may control subsequent behavior, cognition, perception, or performance. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
Beverages consumed as stimulants and tonics. They usually contain a combination of CAFFEINE with other substances such as herbal supplements; VITAMINS; AMINO ACIDS; and sugar or sugar derivatives.
Administration of a drug or chemical by the individual under the direction of a physician. It includes administration clinically or experimentally, by human or animal.
Individual or group aggressive behavior which is socially non-acceptable, turbulent, and often destructive. It is precipitated by frustrations, hostility, prejudices, etc.
Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures.
The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.
Personality construct referring to an individual's perception of the locus of events as determined internally by his or her own behavior versus fate, luck, or external forces. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1996).
The behavior of performing an act persistently and repetitively without it leading to reward or pleasure. The act is usually a small, circumscribed behavior, almost ritualistic, yet not pathologically disturbing. Examples of compulsive behavior include twirling of hair, checking something constantly, not wanting pennies in change, straightening tilted pictures, etc.
Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of burning TOBACCO.
Relatively invariant mode of behavior elicited or determined by a particular situation; may be verbal, postural, or expressive.
Disorders related or resulting from use of cocaine.
An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.
Drugs that block the transport of DOPAMINE into axon terminals or into storage vesicles within terminals. Most of the ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS also inhibit dopamine uptake.
Naturally occurring or experimentally induced animal diseases with pathological processes sufficiently similar to those of human diseases. They are used as study models for human diseases.
Increase in BODY WEIGHT over existing weight.
Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with common health problems, or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs.
A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.
Theoretical representations that simulate psychological processes and/or social processes. These include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment.
The application of methods designed to reduce the risk of harm associated with certain behaviors without reduction in frequency of those behaviors. The risk-associated behaviors include ongoing and active addictive behaviors.
The forcible expulsion of the contents of the STOMACH through the MOUTH.
Relationship between individuals when one individual threatens or becomes aggressive and the other individual remains passive or attempts to escape.
The maximum compression a material can withstand without failure. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed, p427)
Death of cells in the KIDNEY CORTEX, a common final result of various renal injuries including HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; and drug toxicity.
Disorders affecting TWINS, one or both, at any age.
Persons living in the United States of Mexican (MEXICAN AMERICANS), Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin. The concept does not include Brazilian Americans or Portuguese Americans.
Alkyl compounds containing a hydroxyl group. They are classified according to relation of the carbon atom: primary alcohols, R-CH2OH; secondary alcohols, R2-CHOH; tertiary alcohols, R3-COH. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
One of the catecholamine NEUROTRANSMITTERS in the brain. It is derived from TYROSINE and is the precursor to NOREPINEPHRINE and EPINEPHRINE. Dopamine is a major transmitter in the extrapyramidal system of the brain, and important in regulating movement. A family of receptors (RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE) mediate its action.
The observable response an animal makes to any situation.
Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.
Human females as cultural, psychological, sociological, political, and economic entities.
Agents that increase energy expenditure and weight loss by neural and chemical regulation. Beta-adrenergic agents and serotoninergic drugs have been experimentally used in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) to treat obesity.
Activity involved in transfer of goods from producer to consumer or in the exchange of services.
The phylogenetically newer part of the CORPUS STRIATUM consisting of the CAUDATE NUCLEUS and PUTAMEN. It is often called simply the striatum.
The purified, alkaloidal, extra-potent form of cocaine. It is smoked (free-based), injected intravenously, and orally ingested. Use of crack results in alterations in function of the cardiovascular system, the autonomic nervous system, the central nervous system, and the gastrointestinal system. The slang term "crack" was derived from the crackling sound made upon igniting of this form of cocaine for smoking.
Unintended accidental pregnancy, including pregnancy resulting from failed contraceptive measures.
The physical activity of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon.
Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.
Feeling or emotion of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.
The interference with or prevention of a behavioral or verbal response even though the stimulus for that response is present; in psychoanalysis the unconscious restraining of an instinctual process.
Field of psychology concerned with the normal and abnormal behavior of adolescents. It includes mental processes as well as observable responses.
The science of utilization, distribution, and consumption of services and materials.
Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.
Lipid infiltration of the hepatic parenchymal cells that is due to ALCOHOL ABUSE. The fatty changes in the alcoholic fatty liver may be reversible, depending on the amounts of TRIGLYCERIDES accumulated.
The inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.
Any substances taken in by the body that provide nourishment.
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
Abnormal distention of the STOMACH due to accumulation of gastric contents that may reach 10 to 15 liters. Gastric dilatation may be the result of GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; ILEUS; GASTROPARESIS; or denervation.
A generic term for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbances primarily by verbal or nonverbal communication.
Collection of pleomorphic cells in the caudal part of the anterior horn of the LATERAL VENTRICLE, in the region of the OLFACTORY TUBERCLE, lying between the head of the CAUDATE NUCLEUS and the ANTERIOR PERFORATED SUBSTANCE. It is part of the so-called VENTRAL STRIATUM, a composite structure considered part of the BASAL GANGLIA.
Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties.
Inhaling and exhaling the smoke from CANNABIS.
Reduction in caloric intake without reduction in adequate nutrition. In experimental animals, caloric restriction has been shown to extend lifespan and enhance other physiological variables.
The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.
Educational attainment or level of education of individuals.
Total number of calories taken in daily whether ingested or by parenteral routes.
Elements of residence that characterize a population. They are applicable in determining need for and utilization of health services.
The ratio of two odds. The exposure-odds ratio for case control data is the ratio of the odds in favor of exposure among cases to the odds in favor of exposure among noncases. The disease-odds ratio for a cohort or cross section is the ratio of the odds in favor of disease among the exposed to the odds in favor of disease among the unexposed. The prevalence-odds ratio refers to an odds ratio derived cross-sectionally from studies of prevalent cases.
Governmental levies on property, inheritance, gifts, etc.
A federal area located between Maryland and Virginia on the Potomac river; it is coextensive with Washington, D.C., which is the capital of the United States.
Stress wherein emotional factors predominate.
Full gratification of a need or desire followed by a state of relative insensitivity to that particular need or desire.
The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.
Transmission of the readings of instruments to a remote location by means of wires, radio waves, or other means. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)
Process of cultural change in which one group or members of a group assimilate various cultural patterns from another.
Performance of activities or tasks traditionally performed by professional health care providers. The concept includes care of oneself or one's family and friends.
Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.
The study of significant causes and processes in the development of mental illness.
Drugs capable of inducing illusions, hallucinations, delusions, paranoid ideations, and other alterations of mood and thinking. Despite the name, the feature that distinguishes these agents from other classes of drugs is their capacity to induce states of altered perception, thought, and feeling that are not experienced otherwise.
Sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of dopaminergic neurons. They remove DOPAMINE from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE by high affinity reuptake into PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS and are the target of DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS.
The consequences of exposing the FETUS in utero to certain factors, such as NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; DRUGS; RADIATION; and other physical or chemical factors. These consequences are observed later in the offspring after BIRTH.
Drugs that bind to but do not activate ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS. Adrenergic antagonists block the actions of the endogenous adrenergic transmitters EPINEPHRINE and NOREPINEPHRINE.
Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases.
Counseling during which a professional plays an active role in a client's or patient's decision making by offering advice, guidance, and/or recommendations.
Conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes school admission or job interviews.
Statistical models in which the value of a parameter for a given value of a factor is assumed to be equal to a + bx, where a and b are constants. The models predict a linear regression.
Any behavior caused by or affecting another individual, usually of the same species.
The total number of individuals inhabiting a particular region or area.
Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.
Sexual activities of humans.
The withholding of food in a structured experimental situation.
Revenues or receipts accruing from business enterprise, labor, or invested capital.
Observable manifestations of impaired psychological functioning.
A distribution in which a variable is distributed like the sum of the squares of any given independent random variable, each of which has a normal distribution with mean of zero and variance of one. The chi-square test is a statistical test based on comparison of a test statistic to a chi-square distribution. The oldest of these tests are used to detect whether two or more population distributions differ from one another.
A technique for measuring extracellular concentrations of substances in tissues, usually in vivo, by means of a small probe equipped with a semipermeable membrane. Substances may also be introduced into the extracellular space through the membrane.
The sexual attraction or relationship between members of the opposite SEX.
The sexual attraction or relationship between members of both the same and the opposite SEX.
An activity distinguished primarily by an element of risk in trying to obtain a desired goal, e.g., playing a game of chance for money.
Discontinuance of care received by patient(s) due to reasons other than full recovery from the disease.
An object or a situation that can serve to reinforce a response, to satisfy a motive, or to afford pleasure.
Individuals subjected to and adversely affected by criminal activity. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles.
Sucrose present in the diet. It is added to food and drinks as a sweetener.
The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug.
A widely used industrial solvent.
The science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation. The term is also applied to the data themselves and to the summarization of the data.
Statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition, or structure.
Bone loss due to osteoclastic activity.
The number of males and females in a given population. The distribution may refer to how many men or women or what proportion of either in the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.
Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.
The interactions between parent and child.
Appraisal of one's own personal qualities or traits.
Acute and chronic neurologic disorders associated with the various neurologic effects of ETHANOL. Primary sites of injury include the brain and peripheral nerves.
Derivative of noroxymorphone that is the N-cyclopropylmethyl congener of NALOXONE. It is a narcotic antagonist that is effective orally, longer lasting and more potent than naloxone, and has been proposed for the treatment of heroin addiction. The FDA has approved naltrexone for the treatment of alcohol dependence.
Persons including soldiers involved with the armed forces.
The mimicking of the behavior of one individual by another.
The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication.

Contribution of alcohol in accident related mortality in Belarus: a time series approach. (1/143)

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Alcohol use and problem drinking in South Africa: findings from a national population-based survey. (2/143)

OBJECTIVE: This study formed part of the South African National HIV, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication (SABSSM) 2008 survey, which included questions assessing the extent of alcohol use and problem drinking among South Africans. METHOD: A multistage random population sample of 15 828 persons aged 15 or older (56.3% women) was included in the survey. Alcohol use was assessed using the Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT). Tabulation of data for different age groups, geolocality, educational level, income, and population group produced the estimates and associated confidence intervals. The odds ratios for these variables in relation to hazardous or harmful drinking were also computed. RESULTS: Current alcohol use was reported by 41.5% of the men and 17.1% of women. White men (69.8%) were most likely and Indian/Asian women (15.2%) least likely to be current drinkers. Urban residents (33.4%) were more likely than rural dwellers (18.3%) to report current drinking. Risky or hazardous or harmful drinking was reported by 9%: 17% among men and 2.9% among women. In men, risky drinking was associated with: the 20-54 year age group; the Coloured population group; lower economic status; and lower education. Among women, risky drinking was associated with: urban residence; the Coloured population group; lower education; and higher income. CONCLUSION: An increase in current, binge drinking and hazardous or harmful drinking prevalence rates was observed from 2005 to 2008 in South Africa. Multilevel interventions are required to target high-risk drinkers and to create awareness in the general population of the problems associated with harmful drinking. Future prospective studies are needed to assess the impact of problem drinking.  (+info)

Young age at first intercourse and risk-taking behaviours--a study of nearly 65 000 women in four Nordic countries. (3/143)

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Acute tolerance to alcohol in at-risk binge drinkers. (4/143)

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Transitions in first-year college student drinking behaviors: does pre-college drinking moderate the effects of parent- and peer-based intervention components? (5/143)

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The role of distress tolerance in the relationship between depressive symptoms and problematic alcohol use. (6/143)

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OPRM1 and diagnosis-related posttraumatic stress disorder in binge-drinking patients living with HIV. (7/143)

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Prospective effects of method of coercion in sexual victimization across the first college year. (8/143)

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Teens and young adults who binge drink in college may be raising their risks of cardiovascular disease later in life, a U.S. researcher says. Shane Phillips of the University of Illinois at Chicago looked for early signs of heart disease by comparing 19 binge drinkers to 17 non-drinkers ages 18-25. Even though these individuals are young and healthy and dont have any other overt cardiovascular signs of disease, these data would suggest they may be on the road to developing problems, Phillips said in a statement. Phillips examined the ability of small blood vessels such as those in the arm to dilate, or widen. Reduction in dilating is a sign of an early tendency toward heart disease. Phillips found changes in the binge drinker group. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found the binge drinkers had a reduction in the ability of the main artery of the upper arm to respond to stress-induced increased blood flow by widening, as compared to their non-drinking ...
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Criminal and/or disorderly behavior during or after drinking was again more prevalent among young adult binge drinkers (with the exception of theft) - 63% of all young adult binge drinkers admitted to such behavior during or after drinking, compared with 34% of other young regular drinkers. Young male binge drinkers were much more likely to get into a fight then young females (25% vs. 12%). Young male binge drinkers were much more likely to get into a fight (25% vs. 12%) and damage something (14% vs. 4%) during or after drinking than young female binge drinkers.11 ...
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Binge drinking is more common in men than in women. A man is considered binge drinking when he has already consumed 8 units of alcohol in a short period of time. A woman is considered binge drinking on her 6th unit or her 2nd glass of wine. Binge drinkers usually fall under the 16 to 24 year old age bracket. Most likely, college students and people who are fairly new in their career binge drink. It has been well documented over the years about Fraternity parties that go awry because members have been forced to quickly drink to excess as part of the hazing ritual. In recent years, college campuses have begun to close down Frat houses that have encouraged this type of partying. A comprensive 16 hour drug alcohol class is highly recommended.. There have been studies regarding racial factors to binge drinking as well. The race that is most likely to binge drink are Hispanics, followed by Caucasians. African Americans are somewhere in between while Asians are the least likely to binge drink. Science ...
Four years after high school, adolescents who were binge drinkers during their senior year were more likely than non-binge drinkers to drive while impaired, to ride with an impaired driver, to black out from alcohol, to extreme binge drink, and to engage in risky driving practices, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
New scientific research shows that the link between exposure of teens to alcohol consumption in movies and binge drinking is strong. This conclusion comes from a survey questioning 16.551 adolescents in Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Scotland. The study also shows that the relationship between alcohol use in movies and adolescent binge drinking is the same in all six countries.. The striking thing to me is how consistent the results were across countries and cultures, study co-author Dr. James Sargent, a professor of pediatrics and community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, told HealthDay. Whatever you want your alcohol to do for you - make you feel rich, funny, sophisticated - you can see that in the movies. That shapes how kids see alcohol and their decisions whether to binge drink.. The study was conducted in collaboration by the University of Oregon, the University of Hawaii Cancer Centre, Dartmouth Medical School, the Norris Cotton Cancer Centre ...
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Theres no denying we are a nation of drinkers. But the question we sometimes forget to ask ourselves -- or perhaps dont want to ask -- is how much is enough?
One in three high school students reported drinking alcohol during the 30 days before a survey, and one in six reported binge drinking.
7 This effect was exacerbated by binge drinking.. Of men aged 18-25 years, 60% binge drink. (Binge drinking is defined as 5 alcoholic drinks for men [4 for women] in a row.) Binge drinking significantly increases the risk of injury and contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Women who binge drink at this age are at higher risk of becoming pregnant and potentially harming an unborn child. (Any amount of alcohol consumption during pregnancy is risky.). More than three quarters of all foster children in the United States are children of alcohol- or drug-dependent parents. From 60-70% of reported domestic violence incidents involve alcohol. Half of all violent crime is alcohol or drug related.. Overall, morbidity and mortality are related strongly to smoking, and people who drink heavily are less likely to quit smoking. Additionally, persons who begin smoking early are more likely to develop problems with alcohol.. With regard to pregnancy, fetal alcohol syndrome is the leading known cause of ...
Fellow hospitality vets Paige Farrell and Mike Haigis dreamed up Brad-a-Palooza as a way to raise Ingwells spirits - and perhaps a few bucks - as he shoulders the burden of attempting to vanquish the stage 3A lung cancer diagnosis that totally blindsided him this past winter. Were trying to structure it as an opportunity to raise some money and show our support, Farrell said of the mini-bar crawl. Liquid courage is scheduled to flow freely Friday from 6-10 p.m. at both 201 Bar and Union Pub (201 Massachusetts Ave. NE); a $50 contribution (suggested) will grant participants access to a partial open bar (rail liquor), light appetizers, live music, a photo booth, a silent auction and raffle. Per Farrell, those more comfortable donating less can still enjoy the food and entertainment as well as signature drink specials (just no open bar). All donations will go towards helping defray Ingwells out-of-pocket expenses for the ongoing medical treatment. Im really touched by it, Ingwell, who ...
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Over the past decade, smoking prevalence has decreased among Alaskans; however, when looking at individuals with behavioral health conditions, the numbers tell a different story. While 22% of the general population currently smokes, individuals with serious mental illness and major depression smoke at a rate more than twice that, at 49% and 46% respectively. Similarly, rates of smoking among those who binge drink are twice that of those who do not binge drink. An estimated 700 deaths annually can be attributed to smoking-related diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and respiratory disease.. ...
Sometime I can binge drink and be fine. When I slip up and binge drink more then 10 beers per occasion I wake up with severe anxiety and panic attack that can last up ...
New estimates show that binge drinking* is a bigger problem than previously thought. More than 38 million US adults binge drink, about 4 times a month, and the largest number of drinks per binge is on average 8. This behavior greatly increases the chances of getting hurt or hurting others due to car crashes, violence, and suicide.
There is a Difference Between Binge Drinking, Light Drinking, and Heavy Drinking. When determining the amount of alcohol a teen consumes, they will be classified as light, heavy, or binge drinkers. Light drinkers consume 5 or fewer drinks in a 30-day span. Heavy drinkers consume more than 5 drinks on 5 days or more within a 30-day span. Binge drinkers consume 5 or more drinks on less than 4 occasions in 30 days. Heavy drinking and binge drinking has been on the decline in recent years, but still, more than 1 in 5 underage adolescents consume an alcoholic drink every month.. Teen drinking should never be overlooked - adolescents are a vital part of our community. With professional help, you or a loved one can get the help you need to combat teen alcoholism and addiction. You may find it helpful to write down your story and use it to inspire yourself and others to move forward.. ...
Researchers have studied the brain activity of young binge-drinking college students in Spain, and found distinctive changes in brain activity, which may indicate delayed brain development and be an early sign of brain damage.
The results in this report indicate that in 2010, binge drinking was common among U.S. adults, and persons who binge drank tended to do so frequently (average of four times per month) and with high intensity (average of eight drinks on occasion), placing themselves and others at a significantly greater risk for alcohol-attributable harms (2,3). Binge drinking prevalence and intensity were highest among persons aged 18-24 years and 25-34 years, but frequency was highest among binge drinkers aged ≥65 years. Those with household incomes ≥$75,000 had the highest binge drinking prevalence, but binge drinkers with household incomes ,$25,000 reported the highest frequency and intensity of binge drinking. In a number of states with a lower prevalence of binge drinking, those who binge drank did so with high intensity. The higher prevalence of binge drinking in 2010 (17.1%), compared with 2009 (15.2%) (10), likely resulted from inclusion of cellular telephone respondents in the 2010 developmental ...
Pregnant women report binge drinking more frequently than nonpregnant women: Among binge drinkers, pregnant women reported binge drinking 4.6 times in the past 30 days compared to nonpregnant women who reported binge drinking 3.1 times in the past 30 days. Additionally, the survey found that, among binge drinkers, pregnant women consumed more than nonpregnant women with 7.5 versus 6.0 drinks 3.. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is associated with high health care costs: The United States spends an estimated $5.5 billion dollars in health care and related costs related to drinking during pregnancy every year 9.. An estimated 3.3 million women ages 15 to 44 years old are at risk for unintentionally exposing their unborn child to alcohol: Many women drink alcohol while they are sexually active and not using birth control to prevent pregnancy 8. Additionally, over half of the pregnancies in the United States are unintended: an unintended pregnancy is either unplanned or planned but not monitored so ...
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A new report on youth crime and violence in the Pacific calls for young people to be more involved in making the decisions that affect their lives. The multi-agency research...
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Benoit Denizet-Lewis article on crackdown among university administrators on binge-drinking in fraternities, where residents are twice as likely as other students to binge drink; shares his own experience in fraternity while attending Northwestern University in mid 1990s; 11 national and international fraternities now require chapter houses to be alcohol-free, regardless of university policy; Northwestern University has expelled fraternities for alcohol and hazing violations, and any new fraternity there must be alcohol-free; other schools have banned fraternities altogether, saying system is beyond repair; sobering up of chapter houses has not been easy and backlash has been fierce, especially from alumni, and many that say they are dry are not; major factor in decision to go dry is fear of costly lawsuits, especially since National Association of Insurance Commissioners ranks fraternities as sixth-worst risk group for insurance companies; photos (L)
You can drink above the official recommended alcohol guidelines quite safely, a member of the Government's Health Committee admitted yesterday. Retired GP Richard Taylor said: 'Although I would still endorse the old Government limits, I would add the rider that if you step outside them within reason, it will not do you any harm.'
Strokes may cause increased preference for alcohol, researchers find. Getting drunk before your 15th birthday nearly doubles your risk of an early death, new research reveals. Those who get inebriated at a young age are 47 percent more likely to die prematurely, a study found.. Researchers believe early drinking may increase a persons risk of suffering a life-threatening alcohol abuse disorder in later life.. Lead author Dr Hui Hu from the University of Florida, United States, said: Early onset of drinking and drunkenness are associated with alcohol use disorders and therefore may play a role in elevated alcohol use disorder-related mortality rates.. Other experts add excessive alcohol-consumption at a young age can increase a persons risk-taking behavior and lead to mental health issues.. Young women who binge drink increase their risk of developing type 2 diabetes in later life, experts warned earlier this month.. Drinking heavily at least once a month raises womens chances of having ...
Holmes and his team are the same people who came up with a magic bullet in the form of a minimum unit price (MUP) model that they claimed would target problem drinkers without impacting everyone else. Many people were intrigued by the model including me so I went to the trouble of wading through the extensive analysis that was supposed to be the basis for MUP and was shocked to find that it was not only not supported by the literature but was at odds with many of the most relevant publications. The Sheffield team ploughed ahead regardless and were paid by two governments and the BBC for a model that is economically counterintuitive and contradicts much of the published evidence. Fortunately, I was not alone and many people came to understand that MUP would not target the people Holmes said it would and would be a regressive unpopular tax. Some persist in an irrational belief in MUP including Nicola Sturgeon and some of the members of the expert alcohol guideline groups who are still lobbying ...
Holmes and his team are the same people who came up with a magic bullet in the form of a minimum unit price (MUP) model that they claimed would target problem drinkers without impacting everyone else. Many people were intrigued by the model including me so I went to the trouble of wading through the extensive analysis that was supposed to be the basis for MUP and was shocked to find that it was not only not supported by the literature but was at odds with many of the most relevant publications. The Sheffield team ploughed ahead regardless and were paid by two governments and the BBC for a model that is economically counterintuitive and contradicts much of the published evidence. Fortunately, I was not alone and many people came to understand that MUP would not target the people Holmes said it would and would be a regressive unpopular tax. Some persist in an irrational belief in MUP including Nicola Sturgeon and some of the members of the expert alcohol guideline groups who are still lobbying ...
Is it true? The more teens are exposed to drinking in the movies, the more likely teens are to binge drink, according to a multinational study to be published in the April issue of Pediatrics. Despite acknowledging weaknesses in the studys design, the authors believe these results support earlier U.S. based results. It is important…
The negative effects of alcohol are often viewed as belonging ONLY to those who abuse alcohol, or youth that binge drink and get into trouble. This is not the case; there can be a large number of health and social impacts experienced by anyone who drinks large amounts irregularly. These include: ...
Binge drinking is the consumption of a large quantity of alcohol over a short period of time. This is a habit that takes place on college campuses, during high school parties, at bars and other locations all over the world and in many cultures.. Its not just the adults who binge drink. Below is an excerpt from a recent article in the UKs Daily Mail newspaper;. One in five 15-year-olds drinks the equivalent of almost a bottle of wine a week and in some parts of the country, one in eight 12-year-olds is drinking this heavily. Binge drinking is also to blame for more than 4,300 teenage pregnancies, 11,500 expulsions and suspensions from school, and five and a half million lost days of schooling each year.. Drinking often becomes popular through peer pressure, it is made to look like fun and people think it will help them feel good. Some do it to relieve stress, although it usually creates more stress than it alleviates.. Most people dont think about the consequences of drinking except for the ...
Im a man in my early 40s. I grew up an athlete and all around good kid. I learned how to drink in my late teens within the binge drinking culture, and continued to binge drink from probably late 17 to early 40. I could rarely drink casually. I wanted to drink to feel good. I wanted to drink to get drunk. For years, I would binge maybe once or twice a week, as I was poor and still pretty physically fit. Not every day, but toward the end, I was drinking pretty much every day. I drank all through my time on SSRIs as well. I absolutely CRAVED alcohol when I was on Lexapro. Outside of alcohol, I smoked some pot a handful of times in my late teens and early 20s, but that was a short lived phase. Around 1999, (I was in my early to mid 20s), my Dr. put me on Paxil. I was suffering some depression following a relationship breakup. I cant recall much about it, other than I wasnt on it for long. I gained a bunch of weight and didnt think it was doing much for me. He had me quit cold turkey, and I ...
Using your age as an excuse to binge drink is misleading, toxic, and dangerous. This article takes a deeper look into the American culture of drinking on
Teens who binge drink may be more likely to experience problems with attention as well as making decisions and carrying them out, a study shows.
I had a pretty tough childhood, my father was a violent alcoholic, in and out of prison, who beat my mum and brother, my mother was depressed and often absent and both parents tried multiple times to kill themselves.. My teenage years were problematic. I was often very unhappy and always felt as though I should have been the one in the firing line of my fathers anger instead of my mum and brother. I would self harm badly, starve myself, binge drink and eventually got into hard drugs and promiscuous sex. I had no self respect.. Im 21 and honestly I thought I would just grow out of that behavior, my mother always told me I would. But I really havent and now Im not sure what to do. I still hurt myself at times when it feels like I might explode because I feel something so much. Ill flip from suicidal to euphoric in hours, sometimes minutes. I will often be in a social situation and suddenly get hit by a wave of anxiety or grief and have to leave immediately or hide somewhere.. I am completely ...
Are you or have you ever been a college binge drinker? Welcome to alcoholism, a diagnosis your college self could qualify for under the changes proposed to the next edition of psychiatrys diagnostic manual, the DSM-5.
Increased time spent at home is a life stressor that impacts drinking, and the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated this stress, said researcher Sitara Weerakoon, a PhD candidate from the University of Texas. Future research should consider the potential for depressive symptoms acting as a moderator [a factor that changes the impact] in the relation between the time spent under a shelter-in-place mandate and binge drinking, she added.. The study was published online Dec. 7 in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.. Additional research is needed to develop best treatment for people with substance use disorders who may be more susceptible to adverse health outcomes, Weerakoon said in a journal news release.. The researchers found that binge drinkers, on average, drank four drinks per occasion during the pandemic. They drank seven drinks maximum on one occasion. Non-binge drinkers drank two drinks both on average and at maximum. The investigators analyzed a variety of factors and ...
Newcomers to Recovery - Admitting Im an alcoholic - Hi guys Im new to the site well I joined a few weeks ago! I think I have a drink problem, iv been thinking it for a while now I dont drink everyday but every other day and I can drink for a good few days Im a binge drinker ! Sometimes I drink to get rid of
A new study has produced robust evidence that adolescents who drink regularly are twice as likely to be binge drinkers and drink drivers as adults. This appears to debunk the idea that teen experimentation with alcohol promotes responsible drinking; instead, it can set a young person up for problem drinking in later life.. ...
The effects of heavy drinking may last days Binge drinking teenagers are still at risk of absent-mindedness and forgetfulness days later, a study says. A team from Northumbria and Keele universities compared 26 binge drinkers with 34 non-bingers in memory tests, and found the drinkers fared worse. They told the British Psychological Society conference that…
Wisconsin has the highest number of binge drinkers in the nation - 1 in 4 adults. And binge drinking - defined as five or more alcoholic drinks in a short
Wisconsin has the highest number of binge drinkers in the nation - 1 in 4 adults. And binge drinking - defined as five or more alcoholic drinks in a short
Atlanta - Drowsy driving is more prevalent among men, younger drivers, binge drinkers and those who do not always buckle up, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previous studies have suggested that drowsy driving plays a role in as many as 25 percent of fatal crashes every year. But limited information was available about the association between drowsy driving and other risk factors, CDC researchers said, prompting the creation of a wide-ranging project that included 92,102 respondents in the . . .
Evidence that brain edema and aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channels have roles in experimental binge ethanol-induced neurodegeneration has stimulated interest in swelling/edema-linked neuroinflammatory pathways leading to oxidative stress. We report here that neurotoxic binge ethanol exposure produces comparable significant effects in vivo and in vitro on adult rat brain levels of AQP4 as well as neuroinflammation-linked enzymes: key phospholipase A2 (PLA2) family members and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1). In adult male rats, repetitive ethanol intoxication (3 gavages/d for 4 d, ∼9 g/kg/d, achieving blood ethanol levels ∼375 mg/dl;
Rick is Chaplain for Youth Guidance Center, Youth Leadership Academy, and also serves at Juvenile Hall. He is responsible for 3 weekly church services, 1 weekly Bible study, numerous one-on-one discipleship and counseling sessions, and special activities. Rick also provides continuity of care to released youth. Rick joined the staff of Pacific Youth in 1986, having previously worked with emotionally disturbed adolescents at the Faith Home Teen Ranch for over 4 years. Rick then served for 7½ years as the Pacific Youth Chaplain of Stanislaus County Juvenile Hall. Under Ricks direction, the Chaplaincy Program received the Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties in 1993. He is an ordained minister and has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. Ricks favorite hobby is making contact with old friends. ...
And another study proves the power of packaging. According to research published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, preschool children preferred Mcdonalds foods and drinks in the familiar golden arches packaging to the same foods and drinks in unbranded packaging. Study authors say this supports a move by Mcdonalds and ten other food and drink companies who announced new guidelines on marketing to children under age 12. Now heres one about binge drinking. Most adult binge drinkers choose beer as their beverage of choice. Thats according to a study by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that beer accounted for 67 percent of all binge drinks consumed. Liquor came in a distant second with 22 percent. Sanjay, back to you ...
Chronic alcoholics who also binge drink (i.e., acute on chronic) are prone to an exacerbated liver injury but its mechanism is not understood. We therefore investigated the in vivo effects of chronic and binge ethanol ingestion and compared to chronic ethanol followed by three repeat binge ethanol on the liver of male C57/BL6 mice fed ethanol in liquid diet (4%) for four weeks followed by binge ethanol (intragastric administration, 3.5 g/kg body weight, three doses, 12h apart). Chronic followed by binge ethanol exacerbated fat accumulation, necrosis, decrease in hepatic SAM and SAM:SAH ratio, increase in adenosine levels, and elevated CYP2E1 levels. Histone H3 lysine acetylation (H3AcK9), dually modified phosphoacetylated histone H3 (H3AcK9/PS10), and phosphorylated H2AX increased after binge whereas phosphorylation of histone H3 ser 10 (H3S10) and H3 ser 28 (H3S28) increased after chronic ethanol-binge. Histone H3 lysine 4 and 9 dimethylation increased with a marked dimethylation in H3K9 in chronic
College students who binge drink also frequently post on social media while intoxicated, showing signs of social media addiction, according to a new study.
Alcohol is a huge problem on most college campuss. Twenty one may be the legal drinking age, but some how minors find a way to get a hold of alcohol. People as young as fifteen are able to get their hands on an alcoholic beverage. Alcohol is said to be the chosen drug among . College students have a tendency to drink more then the general population. It is said that college students spend approximately $4. 2 billion annually an alcohol. This money is spent on 430 gallons of alcoholic beverages, and 4 million cans of beer. The type of college, geographical location, the ethnic and gender makeup plays a role in the amount of drinking that occurs on campus. For example colleges with fraternities and sororities have higher statistics, this is because of their sponsored parties. They drink more often, which contributes to heavier drinking. Studies show that college students drink more when they are in a group, which speaks to peer influences. When it comes to drinking on campus there is no legal age ...
As if parents arent worried enough about what their teenagers are doing on Saturday nights, a new study reveals that binge drinking is common among high school seniors, with some knocking back 15 or more alcoholic drinks in a row.
For the third consecutive year, young people from different Pacific island states and territories have the opportunity to spread prevention and control messages for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) using different media, thanks to the Wake Up! Project, launched in 2017, with financial support from the Pacific Fund (France) and the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC).
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Adolescents represent the majority of people who binge drink. This may come as a surprise to some, but recent surveys indicate that episodes of heavy alcohol drinking within the previous two weeks are reported by 12 percent of 8th graders, 22 percent of 10th graders, 28 percent of 12th grade seniors and 44 percent of college students.. Human adolescence, roughly between 12 to 20 years of age, marks a critical period for brain development. This is when the growth of the cortex, our gray matter, reaches a peak and is coupled with major rearrangements of neurons. Some guess that such brain remodeling during development help us adapt to lifes demands as we mature toward adulthood.. Its also a time when the brains developing neural circuits are more sensitive to disruption, said Fulton Crews, PhD, professor of pharmacology and director of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. And we and others have shown ...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online. Binge drinking is a behavioral problem affecting approximately one out of every six US adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that binge drinking - a pattern of drinking that brings a persons blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08g/dL or higher - is the most common pattern of excessive alcohol use in the US. This leads one to ask how often a person can binge drink before they begin to damage their bodies.. According to a new study from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, once is enough. Their findings, published in PLOS ONE, reveal that even a single episode of binge drinking can have a significant negative impact on health. Binge drinking can result in bacteria leaking from the gut, which, in turn, increases the level of toxins in the blood. An increased level of these endotoxins drives the body to ramp up production of immune cells involved in fever, inflammation and tissue destruction.. We ...
The researchers, including Dr Andrea Waylen, studied data on more than 5,000 adolescents with an approximate age of 15 years from Bristols Children of the 90s study.. They found that adolescents with the highest exposure to alcohol use in films were 1.2 times more likely to have tried alcohol than those least exposed, and 1.7 times more likely to binge drink.. Those with the highest exposure were also 2.4 times more likely to drink weekly and twice as likely to have alcohol-related problems than those less exposed. The study authors suggest a review of film-rating categories and that alcohol ratings for all films may help reduce alcohol consumption in adolescents.. Between 1989 and 2008, 72 per cent of the most popular UK box office films depicted alcohol use, but only 6 per cent were classified as adult only.. Paper. Alcohol Use in Films and Adolescent Alcohol Use by Andrea Waylen, Sam Leary, Andrew Ness and James Sargent in Pediatrics ...
Talk about a sugar buzz: Your love of sweets could be tied to your drinking habits, finds new research from Indiana University.. Scientists looked at brain scans and found people who had a greater preference for extremely sweet tastes also drank more alcohol-though no one in the study was a heavy drinker. One possible explanation for the link: Sugar and booze both affect your brains opioid system (responsible for reward and addictive behaviors), as well as the feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine, says study coauthor David A. Kareken, Ph.D.. Your Skittles addiction probably isnt a significant risk factor for alcoholism on its own, Kareken says. The research also doesnt indicate that sugar causes the condition, or that cutting out the sweet stuff will turn you into a teetotaler. But sweet tooth or not, its still a good idea to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions alcohol guidelines: Stick to two drinks per day, and be wary if youre downing five or more in a sitting, which ...
Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among teens in the U.S. Young people who binge drink are more likely to experience academic and social problems, physical illnesses, risky sexual activity, car crashes, and accidental injuries. Alc...
Adolescents who drink weekly before age 17 are two to three times more likely to binge drink, drink drive, and be dependent on alcohol in adulthood.
Drinking heavily also increases your calorie intake, and it is frequently associated with obesity. This in turn leads to increased health risks. Adding 3 or 4 units per day to your usual diet would lead to an increase in weight of around 4lbs in four weeks.. Professor Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said: We know large numbers of people in this country binge drink. This should be a wake-up call to the millions of people whose lifestyle means they get drunk regularly.. Gilmore, who is also the chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance of key medical organisations and specialist alcohol charities, added: We are all already aware of the immediate impacts of binge drinking: accidents, violence, admission to hospital and unwanted pregnancies. But this opens up the spectre that drinkers who binge regularly may be at risk of long-term brain damage.. The study was undertaken by two experts in alcohols toxic effects on the brain: Professor Fulton Crews, director of the Bowles ...
Half a million young Spaniards between the ages of 14 and 18 have become muddy in the last month. More than 361,000 are minors. And the age of onset of flirting with this legal drug is reduced every year. Right now it is fixed in Spain at 13.8 years of age. In addition, 32.2% of teenagers binge drink. It is what is known as binge drinking. These absolutely brutal figures -according to the president of the Fundación de Ayuda a la Drogadicción (FAD), Ignacio Calderón- place alcohol as the preferred substance for young Spaniards.. They are copying increasingly and worryingly patterns of consumption in Anglo-Saxon countries,Beatriz Martín, the new director general of FAD, told ABC. Yes, 710,494 young people confess to having mugged or compulsively consumed alcohol in the past 30 days.. Continue reading ...
A new study from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that more than 1 in 10 older adults in the United States binge drink. Learn how to cut back and about alcohol recommendations.
A new study out of Boston University and Johns Hopkins University identifies the brands of alcohol 13-20 year olds reach for when they binge drink.
Utah residents who work in construction and manufacturing are more likely to smoke and binge drink than workers in other industries, according to a new report from Utahs Department of Health.
Note: I am placing the expressions binge and binge-drinking in inverted commas throughout this post - except in the sentence at the very end where I use the word binge correctly. Why? Simply because these expressions are now used by medical researchers, bureaucrats, and the media in a way that is totally different from both their original meanings and their ongoing popular connotations. On occasion in the past, Ive had the experience of complaining about this sneaky shift and have been told in response that, of course, concern about, say, teenage binge-drinking is related to serious alcohol abuse, not to levels of drinking that many of us consider moderate, reasonable, and civilised. But theres no of course about it ...
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I am a 49 year old wife, teacher and mother of 2. I have a 19 year old son and a 23 year old daughter. I am fighting this damn drug called alcohol. I have been a weekend binge drinker for 30 years. I binge 2-3 times a month on a Friday or Saturday, but alcohol kicks my butt every single day of my life, and I am sick of it ...
Just under 6 per cent of the mums never drank, while 60 per cent chose to abstain just for the period of their pregnancy. Around one in four (just under 26 per cent) said they were light drinkers. One in 20 (5.5 per cent) were moderate drinkers and 2.5 per cent were heavy or binge drinkers during their pregnancy ...
I am a 49 year old wife, teacher and mother of 2. I have a 19 year old son and a 23 year old daughter. I am fighting this damn drug called alcohol. I have been a weekend binge drinker for 30 years. I binge 2-3 times a month on a Friday or Saturday, but alcohol kicks my butt every single day of my life, and I am sick of it ...
How to Stop Alcohol Cravings. Alcohol cravings are strong, almost uncontrollable urges that make you want to drink. Even people who are not alcoholics can suffer cravings, especially binge drinkers or those who are used to relying on...
Alcohol depresses nerves which includes things we take for granted like breathing and the gag reflex ( prevents choking). A high dose of alcohol can stop these and other essential functions. Not to mention other permanent damage such are liver and brain damage.. Since high levels of alcohol can / does lead to vomiting, drowning in your own sick is a real possibility. This especially affects binge drinkers as they are taking the body by surprise.. The real problem is what do you do with a mate that drinks too much and passes out. Do you have a laugh and let them sleep it off? Wrong, very wrong alas if you do this you stand a good chance of leaving them to die. They have passed out as a critical response by the body to and extreme situation. Alas the body is not that smart and is still absorbing the alcohol in the stomach so the situation is getting worse and can / does lead to death.. It is dangerous to assume the person will be fine by sleeping it off.. ...
For some people, one innocent glass can easily turn into a bottle a day, especially if you live in one of these U.S. states that have the most binge drinkers in the country. Buzz60s Susana Victoria Perez has more.
Newcomers to Recovery - Anxiety - Ok so I started a thread here a few days ago. Basically Im a 30 year old binge drinker. In the last six months my drinking has increased the resulting guilt and depression over my drinking has also gotten worse. I wont re hash everything Ive initially stated in my first thread but I
Reply Robert Geiger says: December 29, 2015 at 9:03 pm Throughout the last 6 months I been owning on and off agony on appropriate aspect. At last went to your medical professional and did an ultrasound and blood perform. Blood do the job arrived back again normal. liver eneyzme came back normal, nevertheless the ultrasound claimed my liver was a little bit enlarged. All other organs arrived back typical. Im obese and was a large binge drinker ...
Binge drinking can have lasting effects on brain pathways that are still developing during adolescence, say neuroscience researcher Heather N. Richardson and her colleagues at UMass Amherst and Louisiana State University. Results of their study using a rodent model of adolescent drinking appear in The Journal of Neuroscience.
A drug has been created that could reduce the harmful effects of binge-drinking on the brain, according to scientists. Researchers believe it may also open the door to new treatments for Alzheimers...
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Ill be charitable and assume the wreckerators did not intend to produce a tribute to road-kill, but rather are perspective-challenged - 3-dimensional figures appear two-dimensional. I sometimes run into this problem when teaching 6th-graders the difference b/w a square and a cube in Math. Well, if I have really sloooowwww 6th graders. Most of em figure it out right away. As could the average monkey, trained or untrained. Not that Im comparing 6th graders to monkeys, or anything. Im comparing these wreckerators to 6th graders AND monkeys. And yes, that frosting is reminiscent of industrial adhesive. Yum, yum ...
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