Epidemiological research focuses on how rates of alcohol use and drinking problems vary over time and in different societies. Based on the readings and epidemiological evidence that we have examined in this course, how would you describe the current status of drinking problems in the U.S. among adolescents and adults as (1) compared the 1970s in the U.S. and (2) as compared to other societies today? Be sure to answer both parts of the question and identify the sources of your epidemiological data (although you don’t need to include formal citations and references). Please avoid the use of graphics and describe these epidemiological trends and patterns in words only. Type your answer below, using as much space as you need (within the 1,000
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For example: Sally Satel from her document article the human Factor presents herself as a major opponent of the disease model. She argues that calling alcoholism a disease is misleading and causes people to be unable to distinguish the various conditions caused by it, undistinguishable from “multiple sclerosis or schizophrenia”[1]. Secondly, Satel mentions that “This view is much heralded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA, part of the National Institutes of Health. NIDA is funded at slightly over $1 billion a year and carries enormous authority on Capitol Hill, among grant-seeking scientists, and in medical schools” [1]. The excerpt shows that the NIDA holds a disproportional amount of wealth and power, being able to suppress anything that does not support the disease model of alcoholism. Thirdly, she explains that the disease model “carries a fatalistic theme”; it implies that those who are afflicted are never able to escape their alcoholic problems. It sets a tone of the impossibility of becoming cured in other …show more content…
Open-ended (200 words maximum):
BAC (blood alcohol content) is determined by more than just the amount of alcohol consumed by an individual. As discussed in several readings, what other variables have been found to affect BAC across different individuals and drinking occasions?
There are a huge amount of factors that can affect your BAC. They would include: Age, gender, rate of consumption, concentration of alcohol within beverage, body type of individual, individual’s muscle/fat constitution, metabolism, emotional state, medications, food consumption, carbonation of beverage, diabetes, and alcohol intolerance.
4. Open-ended (200 words maximum):
What ethnic groups in the U.S. experience the most severe alcohol-related problems? Briefly summarize the key findings of epidemiological research on ethnic differences in harmful social and health outcomes of alcohol
For example: Sally Satel from her document article the human Factor presents herself as a major opponent of the disease model. She argues that calling alcoholism a disease is misleading and causes people to be unable to distinguish the various conditions caused by it, undistinguishable from “multiple sclerosis or schizophrenia”[1]. Secondly, Satel mentions that “This view is much heralded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA, part of the National Institutes of Health. NIDA is funded at slightly over $1 billion a year and carries enormous authority on Capitol Hill, among grant-seeking scientists, and in medical schools” [1]. The excerpt shows that the NIDA holds a disproportional amount of wealth and power, being able to suppress anything that does not support the disease model of alcoholism. Thirdly, she explains that the disease model “carries a fatalistic theme”; it implies that those who are afflicted are never able to escape their alcoholic problems. It sets a tone of the impossibility of becoming cured in other …show more content…
Open-ended (200 words maximum):
BAC (blood alcohol content) is determined by more than just the amount of alcohol consumed by an individual. As discussed in several readings, what other variables have been found to affect BAC across different individuals and drinking occasions?
There are a huge amount of factors that can affect your BAC. They would include: Age, gender, rate of consumption, concentration of alcohol within beverage, body type of individual, individual’s muscle/fat constitution, metabolism, emotional state, medications, food consumption, carbonation of beverage, diabetes, and alcohol intolerance.
4. Open-ended (200 words maximum):
What ethnic groups in the U.S. experience the most severe alcohol-related problems? Briefly summarize the key findings of epidemiological research on ethnic differences in harmful social and health outcomes of alcohol