Sentences with phrase «positive for alcohol abuse»

This study revealed high levels of depression, stress, and anxiety among attorneys, and the levels were particularly high among those screening positive for alcohol abuse.

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Alcohol: The Alabama Course of Study: Health Education (2003) sets the minimum content standard for teaching about the harmful effects of substance abuse and promoting positive healthful behavior in grades K - 12.

«Artificial sweeteners have positive reinforcing effects — meaning humans will work for it, like for other foods, alcohol, and even drugs of abuse,» he says.

Research indicates that employers who reinforce their drug and alcohol testing programs with recurring substance abuse training and education for employees generally have fewer positive tests and fewer on - the - job accidents.

For example, if an individual has had a history of alcohol abuse and has successfully completed an impatient rehabilitation program, faithful attendance to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings is a positive factor.

These findings approximate those of the more recent National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general population.

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).