DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics

[chanel]

As the New York Times noted on Saturday in an article that rapidly became one of the most emailed, DSM 5 will have just one diagnosis for addiction problems, though it will be characterized as either mild, moderate or severe. Currently, alcohol and other drug problems come in two flavors. The first, “substance abuse” is a short-term, self-limiting problem: it encompasses most heavy drinking in college. The second “substance dependence,” is what everyone else calls addiction or alcoholism and is typically chronic and marked by relapses.

Fortunately, the new diagnosis will get rid of the confusing term “dependence” (physically needing a drug to function isn’t actually addiction) and the stigmatizing term “abuse.” Unfortunately, however, it will also tremendously elevate the number of people considered alcoholics. One Australian study suggested that using DSM 5 definitions will increase the number of people diagnosed with alcoholism by a stunning 60%.

Read more: DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics | Healthland | TIME.com

Does anyone know if alcoholism qualifies one for SSI?

 

[editec]

Does anyone know if alcoholism qualifies one for SSI?

Apparently not.

But if one is debilitated from the ravages of alcoholism then one MIGHT be eligible.

However merely being an alcoholic isn't going to get you SSD.

 

[waltky]

Short-term memory may be a key to tendency toward alcoholism...

Different Patterns in Brain Activity Could Predict Alcoholism
August 12, 2012 - Scientists say they may someday be able to predict which adolescents will become alcoholics from certain patterns of activity in their brains. Researchers are focusing on areas of the brain associated with short-term memory, as well as the ability to plan and organize tasks.

Experts say adolescents' brains keep developing until their mid-twenties. And the authors of a new study say differences in activity in certain regions of the brain may predict whether adolescents become problem drinkers as adults. Problem drinking, or heavy alcohol use, is defined as consuming four or more drinks in a single sitting. Scientists at the University of California San Diego used a brain-imaging technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, with a group of adolescents between the ages of 12 to 16 years old who had not yet started drinking. The fMRI technique allows researchers to view which areas of the brain are active as the participants perform certain tasks. Three years later, the researchers repeated the scans. During that period, about half of the pre-teen and teenage participants started drinking heavily.

Study leader Lindsay Squeglia says researchers were surprised to see that even in the first brain scans, the pre-drinkers had a different pattern of brain activity compared to the others. Kids who ended up drinking heavily displayed less brain activity beforehand, which seems to be a risk factor for alcohol use. “Once they start drinking, there is an increase in activation to perform at the same level. So they are needing more brain energy to perform at the same level as kids who aren’t drinking. But over time, with continued drinking, there is again a decrease in activation which is related to worse performance. So they are no longer able to perform at the same level also," she said. Squeglia says the areas of the brain that seem most affected in future drinkers are those that control executive functioning, such as short-term memory, and the ability to plan and organize tasks.

While it is not practical to scan the brains of all kids who might eventually become heavy drinkers, Squeglia says working with teens to bolster their organizational and memory skills might lower their risk. “Because there are these existing differences before the kids even start drinking. And also just psycho-education, talking to adolescents about the effect of alcohol use on the brain. This is a really import neurodevelopmental period," she said. An article by Lindsay Squeglia and colleagues at the University of California will be published in the September issue of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

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[Moonglow]

As the New York Times noted on Saturday in an article that rapidly became one of the most emailed, DSM 5 will have just one diagnosis for addiction problems, though it will be characterized as either mild, moderate or severe. Currently, alcohol and other drug problems come in two flavors. The first, “substance abuse” is a short-term, self-limiting problem: it encompasses most heavy drinking in college. The second “substance dependence,” is what everyone else calls addiction or alcoholism and is typically chronic and marked by relapses.

Fortunately, the new diagnosis will get rid of the confusing term “dependence” (physically needing a drug to function isn’t actually addiction) and the stigmatizing term “abuse.” Unfortunately, however, it will also tremendously elevate the number of people considered alcoholics. One Australian study suggested that using DSM 5 definitions will increase the number of people diagnosed with alcoholism by a stunning 60%.

Read more: DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics | Healthland | TIME.com

Does anyone know if alcoholism qualifies one for SSI?

No why? Are you wanting to apply if it does?

 

[tjvh]

I'll drink to that.

 

[Moonglow]

When I was in college in 1980-81 we were allowed beer on campus and in our dorms.

 

[Katzndogz]

As the New York Times noted on Saturday in an article that rapidly became one of the most emailed, DSM 5 will have just one diagnosis for addiction problems, though it will be characterized as either mild, moderate or severe. Currently, alcohol and other drug problems come in two flavors. The first, “substance abuse” is a short-term, self-limiting problem: it encompasses most heavy drinking in college. The second “substance dependence,” is what everyone else calls addiction or alcoholism and is typically chronic and marked by relapses.

Fortunately, the new diagnosis will get rid of the confusing term “dependence” (physically needing a drug to function isn’t actually addiction) and the stigmatizing term “abuse.” Unfortunately, however, it will also tremendously elevate the number of people considered alcoholics. One Australian study suggested that using DSM 5 definitions will increase the number of people diagnosed with alcoholism by a stunning 60%.

Read more: DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics | Healthland | TIME.com

Does anyone know if alcoholism qualifies one for SSI?

Yes it does. Depending on the severity. I once had a young man (22 years old) who was getting SSI for alcoholism work for me occasionally. He did a good job when he worked but considered that his real job was being a government paid alcoholic. If he didn't get drunk his checks might stop.

 

[High_Gravity]

As the New York Times noted on Saturday in an article that rapidly became one of the most emailed, DSM 5 will have just one diagnosis for addiction problems, though it will be characterized as either mild, moderate or severe. Currently, alcohol and other drug problems come in two flavors. The first, “substance abuse” is a short-term, self-limiting problem: it encompasses most heavy drinking in college. The second “substance dependence,” is what everyone else calls addiction or alcoholism and is typically chronic and marked by relapses.

Fortunately, the new diagnosis will get rid of the confusing term “dependence” (physically needing a drug to function isn’t actually addiction) and the stigmatizing term “abuse.” Unfortunately, however, it will also tremendously elevate the number of people considered alcoholics. One Australian study suggested that using DSM 5 definitions will increase the number of people diagnosed with alcoholism by a stunning 60%.

Read more: DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics | Healthland | TIME.com

Does anyone know if alcoholism qualifies one for SSI?

Yes it does. Depending on the severity. I once had a young man (22 years old) who was getting SSI for alcoholism work for me occasionally. He did a good job when he worked but considered that his real job was being a government paid alcoholic. If he didn't get drunk his checks might stop.

Do you know how much he drank?

 

[chanel]

Check this out. According to this survey: My name is Chanel and I am an alcoholic.

20 Questions: Are You An Alcoholic?

To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can.

1. Do you lose time from work due to your drinking?
2. Is drinking making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
4. Is drinking affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
6. Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of your drinking?
7. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when drinking?
8. Does your drinking make you careless of your family's welfare?
9. Has your ambition decreased since drinking?
10. Do you crave a drink at a definite time daily?
11. Do you want a drink the next morning?
12. Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
13. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?
14. Is drinking jeopardizing your job or business?
15. Do you drink to escape from worries or troubles?
16. Do you drink alone?
17. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of your drinking?
18. Has your physician ever treated you for drinking?
19. Do you drink to build up your self-confidence?
20. Have you ever been in a hospital or institution on account of drinking?


If you have answered YES to any one of the questions, there is a definite warning that you may be an alcoholic.

If you have answered YES to any two, the chances are that you are an alcoholic.

If you have answered YES to three or more, you are definitely an alcoholic.


(The above Test Questions are used by Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., in deciding whether or not a patient is alcoholic.)

Funny that this thread was bumped. Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend who said his neighbors (4 adults) are all alcoholics and on SSI. He doesn't know how much they are receiving, but they live in a really nice house. Homes in that development start at $350K. They do odd jobs in town and get paid under the table. I told him he should turn them in. But I doubt if anyone at SS really gives a damn.

 

[jillian]

As the New York Times noted on Saturday in an article that rapidly became one of the most emailed, DSM 5 will have just one diagnosis for addiction problems, though it will be characterized as either mild, moderate or severe. Currently, alcohol and other drug problems come in two flavors. The first, “substance abuse” is a short-term, self-limiting problem: it encompasses most heavy drinking in college. The second “substance dependence,” is what everyone else calls addiction or alcoholism and is typically chronic and marked by relapses.

Fortunately, the new diagnosis will get rid of the confusing term “dependence” (physically needing a drug to function isn’t actually addiction) and the stigmatizing term “abuse.” Unfortunately, however, it will also tremendously elevate the number of people considered alcoholics. One Australian study suggested that using DSM 5 definitions will increase the number of people diagnosed with alcoholism by a stunning 60%.

Read more: DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics | Healthland | TIME.com

Does anyone know if alcoholism qualifies one for SSI?

and here i thought you actually wanted to discuss the issue of college students who binge drink.

bummer

 

[chanel]

Binge drinking is bad. Labeling normal college students as alcoholics is worse.

I thought that was kinda obvious.

 

[waltky]

Granny just mad `bout Harry...

Is it normal to drink and end up naked?
23 August 2012 - It is common to see inhibitions break down after drinking

Photos of Prince Harry naked during a reported game of strip billiards - published on a US gossip website - have been defended as being merely "letting off steam". So how normal is it for young people to take their clothes off when they have been drinking? There's been a big debate over whether British newspapers should be allowed to show the images of the prince naked in a Las Vegas hotel room, reportedly with a group of women. Prince Harry is about to enter the next stage of his military career, and some observers have suggested that partying in this way on leave is entirely reasonable. Many believe he should be entitled to his privacy and say his behaviour is normal for somebody of his age - 28 in a month's time. The prince was in a private place - albeit in front of strangers - and not breaking any law.

The prince was just behaving like a typical young British man, says Kate Fox, a social anthropologist at the Social Issues Research Centre, which has done research for both the government and the drinks industry. "He was behaving perfectly normally. It wasn't in public and he didn't know he was being filmed," she says. "It does seem to be common, particularly among people who do difficult and dangerous work, like soldiers and medical students, who normally have to be in such control of their behaviour." Anybody who has been out in a British city around 02:00 on a Friday or Saturday will be aware that there are some people who respond to alcohol consumption by "mooning" or otherwise removing clothing - something which can potentially lead to arrest.

Fox espouses a theory that it's the British and American attitude to alcohol that is to blame for disinhibited behaviour, rather than the chemical reactions of alcohol in the body. "We Brits believe that alcohol has magical powers, that it causes us to shed our inhibitions and become aggressive, promiscuous, disorderly and even violent," she says. "Studies show that when people think they are drinking alcohol, they behave according to their cultural beliefs about the behavioural effects of alcohol. "It provides the perfect excuse, because people can blame their behaviour on the drink. They can say, 'It was the drink talking' or 'I was not myself'."

It's that loss of inhibitions that Dr Glenn Wilson, who is a professor of psychology at Gresham College in London, says is the main function of social drinking. The nudity, he says, "all feels a bit naughty, a deliberate breach of taboo. Some people will have a drink or a cigarette because it seems like a slightly naughty thing to do. I would put this in that category. "The idea is that you're more vulnerable, it's all upfront and barriers are down. There's some sense that you're more open and connected with people." And like nervous theatre actors are told to imagine the audience naked, Wilson says nudity also helps break down barriers and disarm people.

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