RT Book, Section
A1 Cook, Brian L.
A1 Liesveld, Jill
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141972998
T1 Alcohol-Related Health Problems
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071441988
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141972998
RD 2025/04/23
AB The  abuse  of  alcohol  is  more  common  than  any  other  form  of  drug  abuse  throughout  the  world.  The  consequences  of  alcohol  use  are  pervasive  in  society.  From  a  public  health  perspective,  alcohol  use  presents  a  unique  dilemma,  referred  to  as  the  “prevention  paradox.”1  This  paradox  stems  from  the  observation  that  health  and  economic  consequences  resulting  from  alcohol  use  are  far  greater  due  to  hazardous  drinking  than  drinking  patterns  that  constitute  a  formal  diagnosis  of  alcohol  dependence.2  This  paradox  is  further  complicated  by  findings  that  suggest  that  low  to  moderate  levels  of  alcohol  use  may  play  a  role  in  reducing  mortality  for  certain  disorders,  such  as  cardiovascular  disease.3  To  better  understand  this  paradox  and  the  risk  of  alcohol  use,  it  is  helpful  to  stratify  alcohol  use  and  risk  along  a  continuum.  This  continuum  stretches  from  abstinence  to  alcohol  dependence.