PSY 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Insomnia, Caffeine, Codeine

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Culture and alcohol use: major cultural differences in patterns of use, abstinence vs. abuse. Frequent use, low abuse - italians, chinese, jewish, greek. Lower use, frequent abuse - americans, irish: cultures with a temperance movement ( temperance cultures - prohibition in the us, non-temperance: austria, belgium, denmark, france, italy, netherlands. Temperance: us, great britain, australia, new zealand, finland, sweden, norway, iceland. Wine, beer, or liquor: does it matter: conclusions: all alcoholic drinks are linked with lower risk, beneficial for heart health, up to 60% decrease in heart disease, aha says no!! Researchers who find benefits form alcohol seem reluctant to describe them because of fear of abuse. No american medical body will recommend drinking as healthful. One exception, is from us dept. of agriculture. Legally mandated aa treatment is common: core tenets of disease model of alcoholism. Denial is a core symptom of alcoholism: controversies with disease model and treatment:

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