Alcohol abuse is associated with 40% of murders, suicides 1 of 6, up to 60% of rape cases. Alcohol addiction is more common, but there are solutions even for her. It is important to recognize that you have a problem at it.
Alcohol is often an indirect cause of death among young people, including suicides and homicides. Because it is a common disorder, alcoholism is a major public health problem facing many countries.
For example, in the U.S., over 15 million people with alcohol problems and number of alcoholics in the UK was estimated at over 2.8 million in 2001.
Alcoholism is a complex disease with physical consequences, social and not only for those who are drinking but also for close friends and families. Alcoholics were formerly seen as people with a moral weakness, today people accept that alcoholism is a chronic condition involving psychological and physical dependence.
Disorders associated with alcoholism are divided into three groups:
* Related disorders associated with direct effects of alcohol: intoxication, delirium and alcoholic hallucination;
* Behavior-related disorders associated with alcohol: alcohol abuse and addiction;
* Disorders with persistent effects: some disorder, persistent dementia, Wernicke encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome.
Alcohol abuse is diagnosed when alcohol is used in case of physical instability. Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence differs and does not include tolerance and withdrawal and compulsive use patterns, in turn, defining abuse are negative consequences of repeated use.
Alcohol abuse may evolve to alcohol dependence and alcohol consumption patterns maladaptation that may include continuous intoxication with periods of abstinence.
Alcoholism: possible causes
There are many factors that contribute to alcohol addiction. Among them is:
- genetic factors. They can enable a person vulnerable to alcohol;
- emotional state. Stress or anxiety because many fall into the passion of alcohol;
- psychological factors. Decreased self-esteem, depression sometimes leads to excessive drinking.
