Feels So Good...Hurts so Bad: Body's Response to Alcohol Abuse, The
Even if the drinker does not recognize the effects alcohol is having, the body does. It causes memory impairment and loss, vitamin deficiency, and blackouts. Alcohol affects the interaction among nerve cells in the parts of the brain responsible for...
Links Between Addictions
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, discusses the fact that, "...many different addictions tend to go together." He explains that, "...the probable reason is that there are certain persona...
Alcohol and Depression
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the use of alcohol by people who suffer from depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Society's Response to Suicide
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that, "...society has a vested interest in keeping people from killing themselves." Dr. Jamison adds that it's important to "...make it easier for people to talk about depression, abou...
Alcoholism and Genetics
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, observes that alcoholism, "...clearly has some genetic basis because, identical twins, even if they're raised apart, are very similar for this." Dr. Ham...