«We need to do something
similar with alcohol abuse, because it's clear from the results of our study that we are underestimating the number of people who abuse alcohol — the suffering associated with it is astronomical.»
Not exact matches
Green, who collaborated
with Greenfield on an earlier review of gender research at the National Institute on Drug
Abuse, says that «the most consistent, and, I'd argue, the most important finding in the literature is that it takes longer for women to enter treatment for
similar severity of
alcohol problems than it does for men.»
Women
with a history of military service in both eras had
similar patterns of elevated odds for physical
abuse, household
alcohol abuse, exposure to domestic violence and emotional
abuse compared
with women who had not been in the military.
In a
similar way, Slavic ladies you see on dating websites may think you are special because you do not
abuse alcohol and have a stable job that pays over USD $ 2000 / month, your own place to live and a car (in Russia and Ukraine you would have lots of females wanting to be
with you), while you think it's nothing special.
The patterns of outrageous personal
abuse, willful ignorance, self - centeredness, and immature bluster that are so commonly associated to climate - change denialism are entirely
similar to the patterns of outrageous personal
abuse, willful ignorance, self - centeredness, and immature bluster that are all - too - familiar to families who grapple
with alcohol abuse.
A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked
with alcohol and drug
abuse in adulthood, as well as
with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a
similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance
abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed
with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.
Carol La Prairie's investigations of
similar statistics in Canada suggest that there are three ways Indigenous women living in violent situations may end up convicted of violence offences: «they may retaliate
with violence against abusive family members; they may resort to drug and
alcohol abuse to escape
abuse; or their victimisation may lead to the
abuse and neglect of others».