Daily marijuana users with past alcohol problems increase alcohol consumption during marijuana abstinence

Abstract. Background: Previous research has demonstrated an association between alcohol-related problems and suicidal ideation (SI). Aims: The present study evaluated, simultaneously, alcohol consequences and symptoms of alcohol dependence as predictors of SI after adjusting for depressive symptoms and alcohol consumption. Method: A sample of 298 Alaskan undergraduates completed survey measures, including the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire, the Short Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire, and the Beck Depression Inventory – II. The association between alcohol problems and SI status was evaluated using sequential logistic regression. Results: Symptoms of alcohol dependence (OR = 1.88, p < .05), but not alcohol-related consequences (OR = 1.01, p = .95), emerged as an independent predictor of SI status above and beyond depressive symptoms (OR = 2.39, p < .001) and alcohol consumption (OR = 1.08, p = .39). Conclusion: Alcohol dependence symptoms represented a unique risk for SI relative to alcohol-related consequences and alcohol consumption. Future research should examine the causal mechanism behind the relationship between alcohol dependence and suicidality among university students. Assessing the presence of dependence symptoms may improve the accuracy of identifying students at risk of SI.

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Drinking games, themed parties increase alcohol consumption, report finds

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e417122008-014 ◽

2008 ◽

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Drinking Games ◽

Increase Alcohol Consumption

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Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Problems from an Epidemiological Perspective

Alcohol and Alcoholism ◽

10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a044108 ◽

1978 ◽

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Problems

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A view from the acute hospital: managing patients with alcohol problems

British Journal of Hospital Medicine ◽

10.12968/hmed.2019.80.9.500 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 80 (9) ◽

pp. 500-506

Author(s):

David Pang ◽

Pete Duffield ◽

Ed Day

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Brief Intervention ◽

Delirium Tremens ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

Acute Hospital ◽

Korsakoff Syndrome ◽

Wide Range ◽

Long Acting ◽

Abstinence From Alcohol

Regular heavy consumption of alcohol is associated with a wide range of physical, psychological and social problems. All health-care clinicians should be able to screen for and detect problematic levels of alcohol consumption in their patients, and deliver an effective brief intervention. When patients with alcohol dependence are admitted to hospital there must be an assessment of whether medication is required to prevent withdrawal symptoms and potential delirium tremens and withdrawal seizures. Medically assisted alcohol withdrawal using a long-acting benzodiazepine such as chlordiazepoxide should be carefully monitored and titrated to effect, and the clinician should be aware of the risk of Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome and other complications. Abstinence from alcohol is usually only the first step in treatment, and effective linkage to community alcohol services is an important step.

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Carnarvon Partysafe: Designing a Community Mobilisation Project in Western Australia's Remote North West

Australian Journal of Primary Health ◽

10.1071/py01048 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

Martin Cooper ◽

Richard Midford ◽

Julie- Anne Jaegar

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

State Level ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

Metropolitan Region ◽

Community Mobilisation ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Factors ◽

North West ◽

Medical Disorders

Recent studies are increasingly shifting away from viewing drug and alcohol problems as individual medical disorders and recognising the significant role of environmental and community factors. In keeping with this, the Partysafe project, being implemented in the remote North West town of Carnarvon in Western Australia (WA), is utilising a community mobilisation approach to reducing harm associated with alcohol consumption in private residences. Carnarvon, like most rural communities in WA, has a higher rate of alcohol consumption than in the metropolitan region, hence its selection as the target site. An additional reason for selecting a remote town was the belief that national and state level prevention strategies cannot always be successfully implemented due to a region?s unique social and environmental influences. This paper discusses the community mobilisation methodology, giving a practical insight into the specific interventions and evaluation techniques developed for the Partysafe project. The process of identifying community-based alcohol issues and the problems associated with implementation and evaluation are illustrated. A combination of archival quantitative data and community based qualitative data will be used to assess the project?s success. Collection and use of this data is also practically depicted.

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Full for Første Gang: En Longitudinell Studie

Nordisk Alkoholtisdkrift (Nordic Alcohol Studies) ◽

10.1177/145507259501200304 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 121-131

Author(s):

Willy Pedersen ◽

Henrik Aas

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Religious Involvement ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

Peer Influences ◽

Independent Effect ◽

Friendship Networks ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

The Mean ◽

Effect Of Age

In a longitudinal study with a prospective of five waves of data, the predictors and consequences of alcohol and intoxication debut were investigated. The sample consisted of 465 Norwegian adolescents, who were followed up over six years. Median age of alcohol debut was 15 years, and the mean age 14.8 years. By using structural equation modelling, parental and peer influences on alcohol and intoxication debut were estimated. While controlling for parental and peer influences, the consequences of age of debut were studied in terms of subsequent alcohol consumption and the development of alcohol problems. The findings revealed that there was an independent effect of age of alcohol debut both as regards further alcohol consumption and development of alcohol problems. But no such effect was reported for the age of first intoxication. Five percent of the sample had not had their alcohol debut by the end of their teens. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict abstainer status. The findings indicated that the abstainers were heterogeneous. Low parental substance use, high religious involvement and school adaptation increased the probability of abstaining. However, weak friendship networks also had the same effects.

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Damage reduction and alcohol drinking reduction programs in social welfare homes as an alternative to traditional abstinence interventions

Praca Socjalna ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.5703 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 93-116

Author(s):

Łukasz Kołodziej

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Social Welfare ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

Alcohol Addiction ◽

Therapeutic Interventions ◽

Damage Reduction ◽

Specialized Center ◽

Addiction Therapy ◽

Reduction Program

Introduction. At present, there is only one social welfare home (DPS) in Poland for alcohol addicts, and two units of this type have wards specializing in alcohol addiction, so few have a chance to stay in a DPS. Alcohol addicted residents of DPS often have had many unsuccessful attempts to take addiction therapy, so the likelihood that another stay in a specialized center will bring a permanent change in stopping alcohol consumption is low. The purpose of the article is to popularise knowledge among social welfare homes workers about the programs of reducing alcohol consumption and reducing the caused damage. Method. In order to provide knowledge about these programs, the traditional goal of addiction therapy and prevention, which is to achieve long-term abstinence, has been compared with damage reduction and alcohol consumption programs. Results. Although employees of social welfare homes are already implementing elements of the damage reduction program, for example by skipping the administration of drugs to drunk residents or looking after the health status of alcohol intoxicated residents, there is still a lack of systematic actions aimed at the full implementation of programs to reduce drinking and health and social damage caused by alcohol problems in DPS. Conclusions. An alternative to the limited number of places for addicted residents of social welfare homes in specialized types of centers may be the implementation of programs to reduce alcohol consumption and reduction of alcohol-related damage in various types of social welfare homes throughout the country. Their implementation may also increase the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions against alcohol addicted residents of DPS.

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Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Problems in Young Adults

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/kqde-yyw2-7h4n-qqgj ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 261-276 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Chudley E. Werch ◽

Dean R. Gorman ◽

Phillip J. Marty

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Adult Population ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

Population Total ◽

Total Alcohol ◽

Program Content ◽

Young Adult Population ◽

Heavy Alcohol Use

The relationships among alcohol problems and alcohol consumption variables including quantity-frequency (Q-F) classifications, frequency of alcohol use, quantity of alcohol use, and beverage types, were examined in a young adult population. Total alcohol-related problems, drinking and driving problems, and school problems increased significantly when young adults drank moderately. Certain types of problems, however, appear to be more or less associated with alcohol consumption. For example, physical illness problems increased during light drinking, while interpersonal and legal problems increased during moderate-heavy and heavy alcohol use, respectively. Virtually no differences were found on alcohol problems for drinking classifications between sexes. Both the frequency and quantity of beer and liquor use were found to be positively associated with alcohol problems. The relationship between the frequency and quantity of wine use and alcohol problems, however, was less strong and more dissonant. In general, alcohol problems were found to be related to relatively low levels of frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption. Specific suggestions regarding substance abuse prevention program content and models were also discussed.

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