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Genetics of Alcoholism
Alcohol problems tend to run in families. To separate genetic and environmental causes of alcoholism, adoption and twin studies have been conducted....
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Panic Buying and Special Conditions During Disasters: Extreme Age, Marginalized People, People with Chronic Disease, and People with Alcoholism
Panic buying is a common phenomenon during environmental disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic, war, flood, and earthquakes. When a group of people...
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Alcohol and the Cardiovascular System: Implications for Behavioral Medicine
Alcohol is the second most widely consumed drug worldwide, second only to caffeine. The social and beneficial effects of moderate consumption are...
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Principal Component Analysis Reduces Collider Bias in Polygenic Score Effect Size Estimation
In this study, we test principal component analysis (PCA) of measured confounders as a method to reduce collider bias in polygenic association...
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Mental Health of Women in Midlife and Beyond
Of all the ontogenetic periods in a woman’s life, the premenopausal and postmenopausal periods are characterized by multitasking and duration. The...
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Community Reinforcement Approach - Handleiding Een cognitief gedragsmatige behandeling van alcohol- en drugsproblematiek en andere gedragsproblemen
Dit boek geeft behandelaren in de verslavingszorg een praktische aanpak voor de behandeling van iedereen met alcohol- of drugsproblemen: de Community...
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My Father’s Ring
Memories shaped by intense emotion can be indelible. Grief may remain part of one’s being for a lifetime. Many young people suffering from an early...
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A Developmentally-Informative Genome-wide Association Study of Alcohol Use Frequency
Contemporary genome-wide association study (GWAS) methods typically do not account for variability in genetic effects throughout development. We...
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Constructing Race and Place in South Africa: A Photovoice Study with ‘Coloured’ Men in Bishop Lavis
This chapter explores ‘coloured’ men’s narratives in constructing a classed, gendered and raced Bishop Lavis in Cape Town. For decades, research on...
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Psychosocial Impact on Primary Caregivers of Patients with Alcohol Related Disorders: A Review Based Indian Perspective
Alcohol use disorder is a complex biopsychosocial diagnosis that impairs not only the consumer, but also the people around him or her. The available...
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Map** Pathways by Which Genetic Risk Influences Adolescent Externalizing Behavior: The Interplay Between Externalizing Polygenic Risk Scores, Parental Knowledge, and Peer Substance Use
Genetic predispositions and environmental influences both play an important role in adolescent externalizing behavior; however, they are not always...
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Modeling the Dependence Structure in Genome Wide Association Studies of Binary Phenotypes in Family Data
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are a popular tool for detecting association between genetic variants or single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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Idioms of Depression in Contemporary Individualistic Societies: The United States and Chile
Depression has clearly become a key indicator of “social malaise” all over the world. Not only is it an illness to be medically treated, but it also...
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The Effects of Severe Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse on Adult Socioeconomic Prosperity
Our study utilizes Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scores to estimate the relationship between forced sexual intercourse and physical abuse on...
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