A new study has reinforced the importance of implicit attitudes toward alcohol in escalating risk for heavy drinking as a young person transitions from adolescence to adulthood. Alcohol use peaks in emerging adulthood, with many associated health risks and negative consequences, so understanding risk and protective pathways to heavy drinking in this age group is a critical public health issue. In contrast to conscious information processing, implicit information processing occurs spontaneously, without deliberation or awareness. Although implicit alcohol attitudes are considered important in prompting alcohol use and maintaining heavy drinking, previous studies have provided mixed support for the association between positive (i.e. favorable) implicit alcohol attitudes and greater drinking. This may be partly attributable to difficulties in measuring implicit attitudes. A further complication is that associations between implicit alcohol attitudes and heavy drinking may be reciprocal: n
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A Problematic Cascade: Implicit Alcohol Attitudes And Heavy Drinking Reinforce Each Other In Emerging Adulthood
New Year’s Eve storm to move across US with heavy snow, winds, severe thunderstorms
This week, a lot of snow is expected to fall in the West, Midwest and Southern Plains.
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Storm bringing heavy rain to Northwest, snow to impact Cascades
A strong storm is currently moving onshore to the western U.S.
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Opioid abuse crisis takes heavy toll on U.S. veterans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Opioid drug abuse has killed more Americans than the Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam wars combined, and U.S. veterans and advocates this Veteran’s Day are focusing on how to help victims of the crisis.
Heavy rain likely to cause more flooding
Heavy rains descending on already waterlogged areas of Canada has residents and emergency officials across the country bracing for flood conditions through Friday and the weekend.
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Think Binge Drinking Is Safer for Your Liver Than Regular Heavy Drinking? Think Again.
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) occurs on a spectrum of severity. The majority of people who drink excessively develop a fatty liver, which though often symptom free, can progress to a state of inflammation, fibrosis, and cell death that can be fatal. Little is known about liver disruption that may occur in problem drinkers who are not alcohol dependent. To help understand the development of ALD, this study used a rodent model to examine differences in liver damage between binge drinkers and heavy drinkers.
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