Alcoholism

Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Alcoholism is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predominant diagnostic classifications are alcohol use disorder (DSM-5) or alcohol dependence (ICD-11).Excessive alcohol use can damage all organ systems, but it particularly affects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas and immune system. Alcoholism can result in mental illness, delirium tremens, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, irregular heartbeat, an impaired immune response, liver cirrhosis and increased cancer risk. Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Women are generally more sensitive than men to the harmful effects of alcohol, primarily …

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ADB: Asian Development Bank · 17 November 2023 English

Post-disaster recovery entails physical or material reconstruction and the social and economic recovery of the affected communities.Navigating Resilient Post-Disaster Recovery in Asia and the Pacific addresses the importance of resilient …

witnesses increased rates of domestic violence, alcoholism among men, and underage marriages, which further


R Street Institute · 13 November 2023 English

296 and Policy Protections November 2023 Medical cannabis patients have different use patterns and goals for their cannabis use than non-medical consumers.9 They also may face different challenges based on …

Policy,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, last accessed Oct. 30, 2023. https://alcoholpolicy


R Street Institute · 8 November 2023 English

296 and Policy Protections November 2023 Medical cannabis patients have different use patterns and goals for their cannabis use than non-medical consumers.9 They also may face different challenges based on …

Policy,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, last accessed Oct. 30, 2023. https://alcoholpolicy


World Bank Group · 2 November 2023 English

The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series focuses on topics linked to implementation of health taxes, or excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and sugar-sweetened beverages. The purpose …

Seychelles Islands (Indian Ocean). Alcohol and Alcoholism. 34(5): 773-785. HEALTH TAXES • GLOBAL TAX


Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy · 19 October 2023 English

The second is the Multilateral Action Model on Reparations for the lawful use of Russian funds to finance the rebuilding of Ukraine’s economy and society.2 With this context, we are …

in tackling issues such as substance abuse and alcoholism. 3. Permanent promotion of self-healing and stress


DGAP: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik · 16 October 2023 English

Using the conceptual tools of analysis developed by the editors in The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), the authors discuss how the war is redrawing the geopolitical map …

conspiracy theory about Poroshenko’s supposed alcoholism. 37 Rostislav Ishchenko, “Ничтожество в нормандском


CSS: Center for Security Studies · 13 October 2023 English

By “knowledge,” been variously attributed to the particular gullibility of respondents did not mean the reports, photographs and the Russian public, its inability to tell the “facts” from eyewitness testimonies …

Been a Sharp Drop in How thy than death from alcoholism. It is also telling that at Much Russian People


National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre · 13 October 2023 English

❖ In 2023, 14% of the national EDRS sample reported experiencing stigma when visiting general health care services (17% of ❖ Previous research has found that stigma and those who …

updated systematic review of population studies. Alcoholism: Factors associated with experiencing stigma


Brookings Institution · 12 October 2023 English

In previous work, Anne Case and Angus Deaton of Princeton described a disturbing trend, the now-widely recognized rise in "deaths of despair" - suicides, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related liver disease …

thing that skyrocketed also were deaths from alcoholism. So given that the liver is a robust organ that


UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 12 October 2023 Arabic

وإضافـًة إلـى ــى أن موظفــي إنفــاذ القانــون يمكــن أن يشــكلوا ــة إل ــر الدولي فــي المعايي ذلـك، تشـجع طريقـة دلفـي علـى إجـراء المزيـد مـن االستكشـافات للُحزم عوامــل مؤثــرة مــن خــالل …

18 problems: The impact of family history of alcoholism, family history of violence and childhood conduct


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