Men with serious injuries, such as traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, must deal with a range of emotions. If these men have strong traditional masculine ideas and abuse alcohol, it becomes even more difficult to help them heal and come to terms with their emotions and situations. A University of Missouri psychology researcher studied these challenging factors to find better ways to understand and treat men who fit this mold, such as the injured soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan.“It is really a triple whammy,” said Glenn Good, professor of educational, school and counseling psychology in the MU College of Education. “Counselors face many challenges when it comes to helping men deal with emotions surrounding serious injuries. Newly injured men often face adjustments in the level of personal assistance they require, and this may result in struggles with some aspect of the traditional masculine role, such as a ‘go it alone’ mentality. When three factors – injury, traditional male role and alcohol abuse – occur together, the rehabilitation process may be a challenge. In this study, we examined the combination of all three factors with the aim of better understanding how to treat men with several challenges.” [continue reading…]
Alcohol Abuse
Increases in young women’s drinking during the transition from high school through the first year of college can have dangerous physical, sexual and psychological implications, according to a report out of the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions.The good news is that during the first year of college, when many young women increase their drinking, the majority (78 percent) of the 870 incoming freshmen women who participated in the study did not experience any victimization. The bad news, however, is that among the 22 percent of women who were victimized, 13 percent experienced severe physical victimization and 38 percent experienced severe sexual victimization.
The research results were published in the January 2008 issue of the prestigious Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. [continue reading…]
It’s hard to stay on the wagon when you’re depressed, according to a new study of problem drinkers.Researchers from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center documented the quitting success of 462 people who tried to give up alcohol and cigarettes simultaneously. The study appears in the January edition of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. [continue reading…]
Judith Heath had only a couple of drinks every night after a tough day – but it nearly cost her life when her liver failed.
Link to read this article:
The Times
Greame Whitcroft
Published: December,1 2007
Source:The Times, December 1,2007
