Sentences with phrase «for alcohol abuse likely»

«Using alcohol - related hospitalization as a proxy for alcohol abuse likely underestimates the extent of the problem, and does not allow grading of the amount of alcohol consumed,» Al - Khalili said.

Not exact matches

State Housing Commissioner Darryl Towns will undergo evaluation for potential alcohol abuse and is likely to plead guilty to something less than DWI.

Long - term alcohol abuse changes the brain, making a person more sensitive to stress and more likely to reach for the bottle to soothe his or her anxiety.

After adjusting for other factors that could affect the risk of dementia, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, depression and alcohol abuse, researchers determined that veterans with TBI were 60 percent more likely to develop dementia than those without TBI.

«Smokers drink more frequently and more heavily than non-smokers, and are more likely than non-smokers to meet the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence.»

A recent article published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse proposes a «forecasting method» for policymakers and researchers to focus on what is likely to happen with new recreational drugs.

«Older children [aged 6 - 12 years] were more likely to report intentional ingestion and to have adverse health effects and worse outcomes than were younger children, suggesting that older children might be deliberately misusing or abusing alcohol hand sanitizers,» wrote the team led by Dr. Cynthia Santos, of the CDC's National Center for Environmental Health.

Supporters of adrenal fatigue say that you may be more likely to develop this condition if, for example, you have a stressful job; are a shift worker, working student, or single parent; or if you abuse alcohol or drugs.

Hemp seeds and oil are as likely to be «abused» as poppy seed bagels for their trace opiate content, or fruit juices for their trace alcohol content.

Therefore, if a parent struggles with drugs or alcohol but does not allow him or herself to become intoxicated while caring for the children or during times when that parent must remain responsible for the children in case of emergency, the substance abuse is not likely to weigh heavily in a parenting time determination.

In addition, they often fail to adequately record exposure to violence, including to domestic abuse which, as is pointed out above, is itself associated with other confounding risk factors for ADHD, such as prematurity, maternal alcohol abuse, and maternal smoking; for example, domestic abuse is identified in the ALSPAC cohort by the parental question «Has anyone been cruel to you», a question that renders this cohort unsuitable for any study investigating the impact of domestic abuse on children as it is likely to be very insensitive.

For kids challenged by abuse and neglect, alcohol or drug use is likely to amplify risks to their health and wellbeing.

Adolescents with more positive self - concepts are less likely to use alcohol or drugs (Carvajal et al., 1998), while those suffering with low self - esteem are at a higher risk for drug and alcohol abuse, and tobacco use (Crump et al., 1997; Jones and Heaven, 1998).

Several studies of inpatients have noted that depressed individuals are significantly less likely to be violent than individuals with other types of disorders.8 - 10, 23 Moreover, affective disorders were not found to be related to an increased risk for homicide in a Finnish cohort study.15 By contrast, other studies have found a relationship between affective disorders and homicide, 24 self - reported violent behavior, 2 and conduct disorder in childhood and adolescence.25 One possible explanation for these conflicting results could be the potential moderating role of alcohol abuse in this relationship.