Many of the conditions below are the result
of chronic alcoholism and are frequently irreversible.
A 65 - year - old male patient with a history
of chronic alcoholism complained of an odd, painless white growth over his tongue.
Potential subjects were accepted into the study if they had none of the following conditions: severe or symptomatic cardiac disease or hypertension; history of bleeding disorders; chronic history of gastric, intestinal, liver, pancreatic, or renal disease; any portion of the stomach or the intestine removed (other than an appendectomy); history of intestinal obstruction, malabsorption, or use of antacid drugs; cancer (active or use of medications for a history of cancer treatment within the past 5 y); history
of chronic alcoholism; a convulsive disorder; or abnormal results in screening blood or urine samples.
They show that there was a substantial drop in the rate
of chronic alcoholism during the decade of 1920 - 30.
Many of them have one of the diseases
of chronic alcoholism — polyneuropathy, pellagra, cirrhosis of the liver, or others.
Not exact matches
Regardless
of what you believe
Alcoholism is a
chronic disease and will kill you if left untreated.
Alcoholism is the name
of the
chronic disease from which the alcoholic suffers (
Alcoholism: The Total Treatment Approach [IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1968], p. 6).
Urging clergy and men
of religion to renew or revive the practice
of prayer, particularly meditation; (2) Distinguishing between the use
of alcohol which does not produce a
chronic alcoholic and that in which there is «the allergic nature
of true
alcoholism»; (3) Stressing that «elimination
of the phenomenon
of craving that follows the treatment does not constitute a cure [but that] the final cure rests with themselves [alcoholics in the second phase
of alcoholism]»; (4) Advocating «moral psychology» in achieving entire recovery from
alcoholism; (5) Describing the success
of the AA.
Nonetheless, White's material contains these important and helpful points: «The Swedish physician Magnus Huss introduced the term
alcoholism in 1849 to describe a state
of chronic alcohol intoxication that was characterized by severe physical pathology and disruption
of social functioning» (p. xiv).
The best
of these are often lifted up during church services: Stories
of redemption from
alcoholism and drug addiction are frequent, as are those about mental illnesses and
chronic sadness, and even some about premarital sexual partnerships and homosexuality.
This statement becomes intelligible if one remembers that
chronic alcoholism rates are the product
of excessive drinking several years before the rates are given.
For example: Rates
of rejection in the Armed Forces for
chronic alcoholism in «World War 1 (60,000 cases): Irish — 3.0 %; Negro — 2.2 %; Italian — i.2 %; Jewish — 0.2 %; Chinese — O. 0 %.
Sweden was the scene
of a surge
of revivals which moved away from the cold rationalism
of the Enlightenment and the
chronic alcoholism that gave to the fore part
of the century the designation «the brandy age.»
As an adult, she could also see how wounded he is from his family's dynamics where there was also a high incidence
of chronic depression and
alcoholism.
In the heady postwar years, hundreds
of promising studies were conducted in the United States, Canada, and Europe on the use
of LSD and other psychedelics, like peyote, to treat such psychiatric maladies as schizophrenia, autism, drug addiction,
alcoholism, and
chronic depression.
Dr. Ramirez was most recently a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, a position that included improving public awareness
of the
chronic effects
of excessive alcohol consumption and finding ways to prevent alcoholic liver disease.
1 - lack
of relaxation 2 - devitalized food 3 - unfulfilling employment (dead - end jobs) 4 - dead - end relationships (romantic or not) 5 - surgery 6 - junk food 7 - trans fats and rancid fats 8 - financial stress 9 - sedentary lifestyle 10 - excessive exercise 11 - death
of a loved one 12 -
alcoholism 13 - smoking 14 - illicit drug use 15 - prescription drug use 16 - toxins 17 - poor eating habits 18 - marital stress 19 - repeated traumas 20 - workaholism 21 - nutritional deficiencies 22 - hormonal imbalances 23 - oral contraceptives 24 - stimulants 25 - counterproductive attitudes and beliefs 26 - conventional hormone replacement therapy 27 - non-prescription drugs 28 - psychological stress 29 - persistent fears 30 - emotional stress 31 - lack
of sleep 32 - being in denial about feelings 33 - acute or
chronic infection 34 - repeated stresses 35 - persistent negative stressors 36 - fun or enjoyment deprivation 37 - allergies 38 - caffeine 39 - white sugar and white flour products 40 - antacids 41 - artificial sweeteners and colors 42 - major life events — even if perceived consciously as «good» (e.g.: graduating high school, moving, etc..)
● Infectious disease ● Viral infections ●
Chronic illness ●
Alcoholism ● Dysbiosis — or inappropriate ratio
of good vs. bad bacteria residing in the gut.
... except for «all idiots, imbeciles, feeble - minded persons, epileptics, insane persons; persons who have had one or more attacks
of insanity at any time previously; persons
of constitutional psychopathic inferiority; persons with
chronic alcoholism; paupers; professional beggars; vagrants; persons afflicted with tuberculosis in any form or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease; persons not comprehended within any
of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such physical defect being
of a nature which may affect the ability
of such alien to earn a living; persons who have been convicted
of or admit having committed a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; polygamists, or persons who practice polygamy or believe in or advocate the practice
of polygamy; anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence
of the Government
of the United States.»
I also offer a counseling group for women who grew up in families where the children's needs were not adequately met for a variety
of reasons, including, among others, parental
alcoholism, mental illness, or
chronic physical illness, or possibly the death or absence
of one or both parents.
Similar to the old belief about
alcoholism as a moral issue, recent research studies have shown «that it is a primary,
chronic disease
of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry, with manifestations along biological, psychological, social, and spiritual domains.»
AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation
of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory
of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics
of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth
Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.
If the parenting behavior
of the targeted - rejected parent is broadly normal range (i.e., no evidence
of alcoholism,
chronic drug use, excessive anger dysregulation, domestic violence, severely distorted communication processes), then the parenting behavior
of the targeted / rejected parent could not reasonably account for the creation
of the child's symptom constellation
of the three specific features noted above.
These may arise from either the «normative crises»
of the family life cycle and / or existential dilemmas
of job loss,
alcoholism and chemical dependence,
chronic and severe potentially life - shortening illness, natural disasters and societal violence.
In situations
of domestic violence, rape & incest, abuse & neglect,
alcoholism & chemical dependence and
chronic, persistent severe psychiatric dysregulation among others, options for productive negotiation are very limited or perhaps nonexistent.
In addition, child abuse is linked to an increased risk
of alcoholism, depression, drug abuse, eating disorders, obesity, high - risk sexual behaviors, smoking, suicide, and certain
chronic diseases later in life.
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chronic alcoholism (with treatment), mental illness, mental retardation, and HIV or AIDS.