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  2. CAGE questionnaire - Wikipedia

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    The CAGE questionnaire, the name of which is an acronym of its four questions, is a widely used screening test for problem drinking and potential alcohol problems.The questionnaire takes less than one minute to administer, [1] and is often used in primary care or other general settings as a quick screening tool rather than as an in-depth interview for those who have alcoholism.

  3. The Natural History of Alcoholism Revisited - Wikipedia

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    In the 1983 edition of his book, Vaillant required four positive answers to questions on his Problem Drinking Scale (PDS) to indicate alcohol abuse. To diagnose full-blown alcoholism—i.e. alcohol dependence—he used DSM III, which requires either physical tolerance or physiological withdrawal. [14]

  4. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    The use of alcohol to self-medicate stress or anxiety can turn into alcoholism. [24] Someone with a parent or sibling with an alcohol use disorder is three to four times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder themselves, but only a minority of them do. [4] Environmental factors include social, cultural and behavioral influences. [25]

  5. Mathematical anxiety - Wikipedia

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    Math anxiety manifests itself in a variety of ways, including physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms, that can all disrupt a student's mathematical performance. [11] The strong negative correlation between high math anxiety and low achievement is often thought to be due to the impact of math anxiety on working memory.

  6. Alcohol abuse - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol is the most recreationally used drug internationally, [64] throughout history it has played a variety of roles, from medicine to a mood enhancer. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse however have undergone rigorous examination as a disease which has pervasive physiological and biosocial implications.

  7. Alcoholism in family systems - Wikipedia

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    Alcoholism in family systems refers to the conditions in families that enable alcoholism and the effects of alcoholic behavior by one or more family members on the rest of the family. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by family systems .

  8. Disease theory of alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    [26] This shifts the discussion away from the question of historical priority, instead identifying a common conceptual influence on early disease theorists. In 1849, Swedish physician Magnus Huss coined the term alcoholism in his book Alcoholismus chronicus. Some argue he was the first to systematically describe the physical characteristics of ...

  9. Alcohol dependence - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol dependence refers to an entity in which only alcohol is the involved addictive agent. Alcoholism refers to an entity in which alcohol or any cross-tolerant addictive agent is involved. In alcohol dependence, reduction of alcohol, as defined within DSM-IV, can be attained by learning to control the use of alcohol.