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Includes bibliographical references Basic issues. Developmental aspects of aging, alcohol involvement, and their interrelationship / Robert A. Zucker -- Methodological issues in survey research with older Americans / A. Regula Herzog -- Drinking in an older population : cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the Australian Twin Registry / Kathleen K. Bucholz ...
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Alcohol education is the practice of disseminating information about the effects of alcohol on health, as well as society and the family unit. [72] It was introduced into the public schools by temperance organizations such as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in the late 19th century. [ 72 ]
For example, alcohol accounts for 16.4% of breast cancer cases in the U.S. This statistic shows how significantly alcohol can increase cancer risk, particularly among women.
Alcohol education is the planned provision of information and skills relevant to living in a world where alcohol is commonly misused. [3] WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health, highlights the fact that alcohol will be a larger problem in later years, with estimates suggesting it will be the leading cause of disability and death.
The term "alcoholism" was split into "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" in 1980's DSM-III, and in 1987's DSM-III-R behavioral symptoms were moved from "abuse" to "dependence". [116] Some scholars suggested that DSM-5 merges alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single new entry, [117] named "alcohol-use disorder". [118] DSM-5 ...
The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...
Meanwhile, the U.S. hasn’t updated its own alcohol warning labels in 36 years — despite the fact that we’ve learned a lot since then about alcohol and its associated health risks.