Alcohol cultures in Finland and Alaska: explosive drinking patterns and their consequences.
Introduction Drinking cultures reflect collective behaviour and imply that changes within cultures generally occur in concert. (1) Historically-dominant uses of alcohol impact societies' alcohol cultures, (2) and research shows that the qualitative features of drinking patterns evolve slowly, over decades or generations. (3) Both Finland and Alaska...

Gender differences in the relationship of community services and informal support to seven-year drinking trajectories of alcohol-dependent and problem drinkers *.
DESPITE A GROWING LITERATURE exploring the pivotal role community services and social networks play in the course of drinking over time for individuals in chemical dependency (CD) treatment as well as the many individuals who never enter treatment (Moos and Moos, 2005; Venner et al., 2006; Weisner et al.,...

Multidimensional assessment of impulsivity in undergraduate hazardous drinkers and controls *.
ALCOHOL MISUSE ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES currently constitutes a significant public health problem (Hingson et al., 2005). Epidemiological studies have found alcohol misuse to be associated with increased risk of academic impairment (e.g., Wechsler et al., 1998), physical assault (e.g., Presley et al., 1996), sexual assault (e.g., Abbey et al.,...

Relationship and institutional pressure to enter treatment: differences by demographics, problem severity, and motivation *.
ALTHOUGH LARGE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS in the United States receive treatment for alcohol or drug problems each year, far more fail to receive services. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2004) reported that in 2003 about 3 million individuals received treatment for alcohol or drug problems. However,...

Measuring economic outcomes of alcohol treatment using the Economic Form 90 *.
PARTLY IN RESPONSE TO THE TREMENDOUS social costs of alcohol dependence, new pharmacotherapies have been developed (Anton and Swift, 2003) and important advances have been made in developing behavioral interventions designed to treat alcohol abuse and dependence (Hester and Miller, 2003; Miller et al., 2001; Project MATCH Research Group,...

A new prescription: investing in substance-abuse treatment would take a big bite out of crime.
Investing in substance-abuse treatment would take a big bite out of crime If, as conservative and liberals agree, the most basic responsibility of government is to protect the public safety of its citizens, then the failure to treat and train the 1.2 million alcohol and drug abusers and...

Troubles at the doorstep: the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and group homes for recovering substance abusers.
Introduction The streets are quiet and tree-lined. The homes, comfortable and well-maintained, are encircled by green lawns and separated either by picket fences or by driveways accommodating parked station wagons. Children play a game of tag at one end of the block, while mothers talk over their morning coffee...

Alcohol risk-reduction skills training in a national fraternity: a randomized intervention trial with longitudinal intent-to-treat analysis *.
EMPIRICAL FINDINGS DURING THE LAST 50 years have conclusively documented higher levels of alcohol use and related risk behavior in college students than in same-age peers (O'Malley and Johnston, 2002). Heavy drinkers in college also report suffering an array of adverse symptoms and consequences (Hingson et al., 2002; Perkins,...

Comeback time for fallen divas.
Byline: RAUL DIAS (##include msid=2162032,type=11 ##) Britney Spears (TOI Photo) More pics http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2358111.cms But one fine day, fate took a cruel turn for the worst and thus came their fall from grace. They were once the favourite pop stars of hordes...

Lapses following alcohol treatment: modeling the falls from the wagon *.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (2002) has estimated that approximately 76.3 million people worldwide have diagnosable alcohol-use disorders. In the United States, roughly 17.6 million people meet criteria for an alcohol-use disorder (Grant et al., 2004), and only 12.5% of those who meet criteria receive treatment for an alcohol problem...