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A lawyer with a drink problem
Published in Tim French, Terry Wardle, The Problem-Based Learning Workbook, 2022
However, the term ‘sensible drinking’ is more difficult to define. The risk of developing alcohol-related problems depends on the number of units of alcohol consumed per week and the relative amount drunk in one sitting. Current guidelines for sensible drinking suggest a maximum of: 21 units a week for men (no more than 4 units in a single day)14 units a week for women (no more than 3 units in a single day).
Alcohol and health
Published in Sally Robinson, Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health, 2021
An individual’s reaction to alcohol differs according to their age, sex, ethnicity, the proportion of fat to muscle in their body, the state of their liver, whether there is food in their stomach, how quickly it is drunk and how often the person drinks alcohol.
Emergencies in Drug and Alcohol Use and Their Management
Published in Frank Lynn Iber, Alcohol and Drug Abuse as Encountered in Office Practice, 2020
Both “dry drunk” and flashback refer to the recurrence of drug effects at a time the patient is not using an agent. Dry drunk indicates a reproduction of the patient’s pattern of alcohol intoxication at a time remote from drinking. Flashback is most common with marijuana and hallucinogens. There is no satisfactory explanation for these infrequent occurrences, but they respond well to reassurance and continued companionship. They become less frequent as the interval of abstinence becomes longer.
Binge Drinkers Shouldn’t Set Their Own Alcohol Reduction Goals! Evaluating the Effectiveness of Different Goal-Based Alcohol Reduction Interventions among Young People
Published in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 2022
Binge drinking is a particular health risk for adolescents and young adults (de Goede et al., 2021), and it is associated with an increased risk of injury from motor vehicle accidents, drowning, and violence, as well as an increase in the incidence of reckless behaviors such as unsafe sex and drunk driving (Hamilton, Keech, Peden, & Hagger, 2018; Jones, Van Den Bree, Zammit, & Taylor, 2020; Solomon, 2014; Van Gemert et al., 2011; Zador, Krawchuk, & Voas, 2000). Binge drinking also increases the likelihood of future alcohol addiction (de Goede et al., 2021; Jennison, 2004) and long-term health consequences such as liver damage, cancer, and dementia (Grønbæk, 2009). Therefore, it is important to test interventions that may help to reduce unsafe drinking behavior among young people. The aim of this preregistered study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of three types of alcohol reduction interventions among a sample of young Australians, who are more likely than the general Australian population to consume alcohol in excessive quantities (Gilchrist, Smith, Magee, & Jones, 2012).
Correlates of reproductive coercion among college women in abusive relationships: baseline data from the college safety study
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2022
Karen Trister Grace, Nancy A. Perrin, Amber Clough, Elizabeth Miller, Nancy E. Glass
Drug and alcohol abuse: The monitoring the future drug and alcohol questionnaire34 with minor wording modifications was used to measure alcohol and drug use. Participants are asked to self-report on how many occasions they have used alcohol in the last 30 days and in the last 6 months, as well as binge drinking behavior. Participants are also asked on how many occasions they have used drugs (marijuana, club drugs/hallucinogens, stimulants/narcotics, prescription drugs, other) in the last 30 days and last 6 months. Alcohol abuse was defined based on current literature35,36 as alcohol use on greater than 19 occasions in the past 30 days, or 40 or more occasions in the past 6 months, or any binge drinking (defined as drinking to the point of feeling “pretty drunk” on any occasions, or any occasions of four or more drinks in a row). Drug abuse was defined as any drug use in the past 6 months.
Examining the effect of weight conscious drinking on binge drinking frequency among college freshmen
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2020
Gail Castañeda, Sarah E. Colby, Tracey E. Barnett, Melissa D. Olfert, Wenjun Zhou, Walter L. Leite, Aseel El Zein, Anne E. Mathews
Temporal effects (i.e. before, during or after) were identified for proactive Alcohol Effects, during Alcohol Effects, and proactive Dietary Restraint and Exercise, yet no reactive behaviors were related to binge drinking frequency. Of note, during Alcohol Effects compensatory behaviors were negatively related to binge drinking frequency. While during Alcohol Effects compensatory behaviors (e.g. not eating while drinking to get drunk faster) still pose important adverse health consequences, it could be possible these behaviors are endorsed by students at lower-risk for increased binge drinking frequency. Furthermore, the inclusion of sex as a controlling variable in the model yielded similar results to those reported in current alcohol literature; males were positively associated with binge drinking frequency, as compared to females.