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AbstractEarlier this year, a decision was taken by the Council of Phillip Institute of Technology that planning should proceed for the introduction of a new Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Drug Dependence). This paper describes the planning process to date, outlines the objectives for the course and identifies a number of dilemmas encountered in curriculum development. The experiences and issues described may be of interest to others concerned with developing courses or in‐service training programs in this area.The authors would like to stress that this paper, hurriedly prepared, represents their perspective on an exercise still in progress. The subjective nature of the contents should particularly be borne in mind when reference is made to the views of the Course Advisory Committe

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000341

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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AbstractThis session was chaired by Prof. R.S. Kalucy. The workshops on curriculum content and clinical training had a discussion paper available to them prepared by Dr L. Goldman.

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000351

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAlcohol abuse is a major factor in the aetiology of sickness. Yet this factor is seldom identified in routine practice. The doctor shares the denial of the community. Optimum conditions for breaching denial are provided in a coercive situation, such as the successful Alcohol in Industry Programs.The routine recording of alcohol intake of patients at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, now in its fourth year, has considerably improved awareness there of the importance of alcohol in health problems.Failure to identify a significant causative factor in ill‐health is negligent. The need to avoid negligence may provide a potent incentive to correct assessmen

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000361

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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AbstractOne hundred acute admissions to Armidale Hospital were questioned carefully about their use of various substances with a potential for addictive misuse. The results confirmed that acute hospital admission correlates with a higher than average rate of substance abuse. The relationship with alcohol abuse was particularly strong. One‐third of all females and one‐half of all males surveyed were regularly using alcohol at risk lev

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000371

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAlcoholic and drug‐dependent patients frequently discharge themselves from hospital against medical advice. Simple objective guidelines for deciding whether certain patients would be readmitted, have been derived from previous self‐discharge behaviour recorded in patient files at the Langton Clinic. Alcoholics are not readmitted if there have been four self‐discharges or two discharges for breaking clinic rules. Opiate dependents were less consistent than alcoholics in their self‐discharge behaviour and a decision not to readmit should be based on previous rule violations rather than on signing out or abs

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000381

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractEpidemiological research in medicine and psychiatry has recently illustrated the significance of life adjustment and adversity associated with life events in the development of illness.The present paper reports findings from a study of the predisposing and precipitating factors of alcohol dependence in women. Quantitative measures of distress and life change associated with life events experienced by a group of alcohol‐dependent women and a group of age‐matched control women are presented. The life events are further analyzed according to their classification as controllable or uncontrollable. It is proposed that life events have some aetiological significance in the development of female alcohol dependence.If it is assumed that some factors, such as a high level of distress and life change associated with life events, may predispose a woman to develop alcohol‐related problems, it must simultaneously be assumed that other factors may act to decrease the probability of the development of excessive drinking. One such factor that in more recent years has been recognized as an important mediator in the adjustment to distress is the existence of a social support network. This paper discusses the potential mediating role played by such networks.The paper also provides a brief description of the research design of the study, as well as the methods used in gathering the

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000391

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractA prospective study of light‐to‐moderate drinkers was undertaken to establish the frequency of abnormal findings on CT, psychometric and dietary parameters over a range of alcohol consumption. In particular, it was desirable to exclude the possibility of poor nutrition contributing to the picture of CT atrophy, especially with the assessment of any demonstrable reversibility. Thirty‐nine subjects were studied and 16 were found to be deficient in some part of their diet, although initial interviews established that they considered they took a balanced, adequate diet. Five subjects were re‐examined after six months' abstinence from alcohol: in four cases the total kilocalorie intake was less than the initial total, a proportion having been contributed latter by the previous alcohol consumption. The dietary history was partially checked by estimation of the level of B vitamins. Seven subjects had a low red cell thiamin, four of these having a normal serum level. These findings in social drinkers (mean alcohol consumption‡ 54 gms/day) lend support to the theory that thiamin deficiency in alcoholics is mediated by alcohol, rather

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000401

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractBy using the local and international literature indices are developed relating the use of particular drugs to a specific proportion of deaths from various causes. These indices are then applied to statistics on cause of death, supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, to estimate the number of drug‐related deaths and corresponding death rates per 100 000 population in Australia for each year from 1969 to 1980, with tabulation by age and sex.Overall there were estimated to be about 19 000 to 20 000 drug‐related deaths each year, most associated with tobacco use, about a fifth with alcohol and only about 3% with other drugs.It appeared that a peak may have been reached for deaths associated with tobacco (1976), alcohol (1977) and other drugs (19

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000411

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000421

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0726-4550    

DOI:10.1080/09595238280000431

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY