Gene and Alcoholism

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Gene of alcoholism

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Czech Republic has one of the
highest levels of alcohol
consumption – 14.4 litres of pure
alcohol per year for every one,
That means that 3 bottles of wine
or 5.5 litres of beer per week per
person.
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In the application, they
said that “the Czech beer
is a symbol of national
pride of Czech people”.
Czech
China Italy

Iran
Turkey
Korea
The World Health
Organization ( WHO ) estimate
s that as of 2016 there are 380
million people with alcoholism
worldwide (5.1% of the
population over 15 years of age).
What is alcoholism
Broadly, Alcoholism is any drinking of alcohol that results in
significant mental or physical health problems.

Medically, alcoholism is considered both a physical and mental


illness.

Often referred to as alcohol use disorderor (AUD) or alcohol dependence.


Symptoms of Alcoholism
01 Drinking large amounts of alcohol over a long time.

02 Difficulty cutting down.

03 Acquiring and drinking alcohol taking up a lot of time.

04 Usage resulting in problems. ( Health problems, social problems, family problems. . . )

05 Withdrawal occurring when stopping.(Rapid heartbeat 、 Tired 、 Depression...)

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1
Psychological Factors
high stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health
conditions

2 Social Factors
Causes of Your culture, religion, family and work
influence many of your behaviors.
alcoholism
3 Environmental Factors
Alcohol's inexpensive cost and easy accessibility.

4 Biological Factors
Genetics and gene.
Gene of alcoholism

Abundant evidence indicates that alcoholism


is a complex genetic disease, Some of these
genes have been identified, including two
genes involved in the metabolism of alcohol
(ADH1B and ALDH2) that have the strongest
affects on the risk of alcoholism.
Gene of alcoholism

This means that if parents have alcoholism,


their children are more likely to develop
alcoholism.
Types of Treatment

Behavioral Mutual-Support
Medications
Treatments Groups
Changing drinking Support for people cutting
behavior through back on their drinking.
counseling.
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