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- Alcohol Abuse Increases, Dependence Declines Across Decade - Compares alcohol abuse and alcoholism rates 1992 and 2002. NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) is part of NIH.
- TeensHealth: Coping With an Alcoholic Parent - Explains what alcoholism is, why a parent drinks and why they don't stop. Includes how teens feel, other problems, and what to do.
- BUPA Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - UK - Concise factsheet explaining the causes, symptoms and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
- Preserving the History of Alcoholics Anonymous - Describes the Kirk Collection on AA at Brown University. Includes history of colonial and revolutionary temperance movements, Prohibition and repeal, and more modern studies of alcohol and alcoholism that emphasize Alcoholics Anonymous.
- MedicineNet articles on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Two dozen questions and answers on alcoholism and problem drinking.
- Diagnostic Criteria for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence - Formal definitions of alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and alcohol dependence are updated over time. This paper follows them from Jellinek's 1941 work to today's DSM-IV criteria.
- Be Responsible About Drinking, Inc. - Promoting decisions concerning alcohol. Providing information about alcohol poisoning, binge drinking, blood alcohol level meanings. Responsible choices concerning alcohol.
- Alcoholics and God - Liberty Magazine - September 1939 Liberty magazine had the first major article about Alcoholics Anonymous after publication of the Big Book. Includes the magazine cover.
- The Dangers of Alcohol and Sleep - Alcohol Alert No. 41-1998 - Paper discussing the effects of alcohol on sleep (US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).
- NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
Wikipedia Articles
- Collaborative Studies on Genetics of Alcoholism - The Collaborative Studies on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) is a six-center research project in the United States designed to examine the genetics involved in alcoholism. Research is conducted at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, University of Connecticut, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of California at San Diego, and Washington University.
- Alcoholism - Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions. In common and historic usage, alcoholism refers to any condition that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages despite the health problems and negative social consequences it causes.
- Disease theory of alcoholism - A Disease theory of alcoholism is a theory based on the concept that alcoholism is a disease process. The disease theory is generally accepted by the medical communityAlcohol - Frequently Asked Questions, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which argues that genetic, neurological and behavioral studies distinguish those with alcohol dependence from problem drinkers.
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) was founded in 1944 by the first female member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Marty Mann (1905-1980), and has a nationwide network of 95 affiliates. The organization is set up to fight "the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions.
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as part of the U.S.