Alcohol Dependency

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a review of a study into the issue of alcohol and substance dependency. The paper begins by providing facts and figures of the current situation in the U.S., based on a recent study. The paper then explains the causes of alcohol dependency and how patients can be treated.

Contents:
Current Estimates
Diagnosing Alcohol Dependency
Causes of Alcohol Dependency
Prevention and Treatment

From the Paper:

"Similarly, there are 88 million Americans (i.e., 40% of the overall population), age 12 or older who reported the use of illegal drugs at least once in their lifetime (US Department of Justice, 2002). On the basis of the findings of the survey, it was also documented that 73.2 percent of year 2000 high school seniors reported using alcohol within the past 12 months. In this same group, 36.5 percent reported having used marijuana during the 12 months prior to the study."

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