HELP THE WOMEN
Perhaps it is more difficult for a doctor to diagnose a woman’s drinking problem than a man’s, but any family with an alcoholic female certainly knows that there is a problem, whether it is diagnosed or not.
Attention and studies should be devoted to development of programs to help families learn how to approach a female drinker and where to send them for effective treatment. An official diagnosis isn’t needed when the lady of the house is stumbling about and causing difficulty for the family.
Narconon will help to guide family members through an intervention for the female drinker and help direct them towards appropriate alcohol and drug treatment. Most of these women have successfully raised their children and cared for the home. It’s their turn to get some proper attention.
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Here is the study from Join Together
Women with alcohol problems may be under-diagnosed because their symptoms can differ from men's, a new study suggests.
Health Behavior News Service reported April 23 that researcher Penny Nichol and colleagues from the University of Minnesota noted that while men and women share some symptoms of nondependent drinking problems, men are more likely to engage in binge drinking and violence -- behaviors more likely to raise red flags among clinicians.
Researchers looked at pairs of twins who were mostly white, middle-ages and married, focusing on 105 symptoms commonly associated with alcohol use. Nichols and colleagues suggested that the gender differences in symptoms may mean that a separate, female-oriented measure may be needed to detect drinking problems among women. The researchers noted, for example, that some female symptoms of problem drinking, like feelings of guilt and depression, are not even included in standard medical texts.
The research appears in the May 2007 issue of the journal
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2005/alcohol-screening-and-on.html
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