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Allison Marshall

Debra Jizi

UWRT 1104-45

13 November 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Johnson, B. & Clark, W. J Gen Intern Med (1989) 4: 445. https://doi-

org.librarylink.uncc.edu/10.1007/BF02599698

Alcoholism: A Challenging Physician Patient Encounter discusses the details of the

disease of alcoholism and how it can be treated. The authors are physicians themselves so they

speak from first hand experiences. The short article talks about what can cause alcoholism such

as stress in the workplace or within the family, the misinterpretations, getting treatment for the

disease, and how to move on from it.

This article was very eye opening for me. Its important to be aware of the cause and

effects of alcoholism. Its not only an addiction but also a disease and it should be treated as

such. I learned from this source small yet important details of alcoholism, such as the fact that

the leading cause of death for men between the ages of 25 to 44 years old is alcohol related. This

is how I related this article to my inquiry project. My dad is an alcoholic and he is 36 years old.

He struggled really badly with the disease for most of my middle school and high school careers

but he has since then gone to rehabilitation and bettered himself. Today he is almost a year and a

half sober. It was important, to me, to read up on the subject of alcoholism so that I could better

understand it from my fathers point of view.

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We can tell this article is credible for many reasons. First of all, it was a peer-reviewed

article. Another reason I know its credible is because both the authors are Doctors in Medicine.

The article was received by Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge and Somerville Program

for Alcoholism Rehabilitation. They also used reliable graphs and numbers to better provide

information on the topic of alcoholism.

Foster, L.E., Mann, M. & Rice, O.R., Alcoholism, Pastoral Psychol (1958) 9:21.

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01786262

This short article addresses alcoholism as a disease. It states that alcoholics should not be

treated poorly because they deserve love just like anybody else all they need is support. The

article also points alcoholics to the National Council on Alcoholism located in New York. The

National Council focuses on three important concepts within alcoholism. It states that these three

concepts are: 1. Alcoholism is a disease. 2. The alcoholic is a sick person. 3. The alcoholic can

be helped and is worth helping. The three concepts are very important to understand.

The most important part of this article, to me, was the three concepts of alcoholism. An

alcoholic is no different from anybody else, they are sick and can be treated. They shouldnt be

condemned, they should be cared for. Relating back to my dad, Ive always tried to be forgiving

of his drunk actions because I understand that he is (or was) sick.

Alcoholism is a short article that was peer-reviewed. The article creates a short play on

the problem of alcoholism and it discusses how the problem can be treated. It comes from a

larger journal called Pastoral Psychology compiled of different articles on human behavior. Each

article is written by scholars, academics, and professionals. It draws from references such as

Marty Mann, a female who partook in writing The Big Book of AA.
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Miller, M. W. and Spear, L. P. (2006), The Alcoholism Generator. Alcoholism: Clinical and

Experimental Research, 30: 14661469. doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00177.x

The Alcoholism Generator defines alcohol abuse and how alcohol can impact 3 types of

people: the fetus, the adolescent, and the adult. The article also discusses how to break the

Alcohol Generator and how to reduce alcohol exposure among the 3 types of people. Alcohol

abuse affects people differently. This article shows that the fetus could have brain damage

caused by being exposed to alcohol. The adolescent is more likely to make bad decisions under

the influence. The adult could destroy their liver and get diseases that could cause death. The

article specifically focuses on pushing teens away from binge-drinking or starting to drink at an

early age.

I feel that its important to know how alcohol has impacted peoples lives. I have always

tried to stay away from alcohol because I have seen how it can affect people negatively. Ive also

heard that alcoholism is predisposed so I could possibly become addicted just like my father.

Alcohol becomes very popular in college and I believe that many young students start to drink

because they think they have to. This is the beginning of a negative path.

The Alcoholism Generator was peer reviewed. The article is also supported by the

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The author also used reliable resources

such as the American Psychiatric Association, the U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services, and the Centers for Disease Control.

Papava, I, A.C Bredicean, V.R Enatescu, L Dehelean, F Romosan, A.L Popescu, and A.E

Vrabie. "Profiling for Alcohol Addiction." European Psychiatry. 30 (2015): 1065. Print.
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This article titled Profiling for Alcohol Addiction comes from a larger book called the

European Psychiatry. The basis of this article is to describe who is more likely to become

addicted to alcohol. The author ran certain tests and discovered that the unemployed male

without higher education is most likely to suffer from alcoholism. Personality traits can also

come into play like the need for acceptance, the sense of inferiority, sensitivity to rejection, etc.

I believe that this article was important to include in my annotated bibliography because

it provides a sense of what or how to expect to see alcoholism. If we know that unemployed

males without higher education are more likely to become addicted, we can maybe come up with

ways to prevent it before it gets out of hand. Oddly enough, my father was barely any of the

things the article described. He became addicted at the age of 25 and he had a stable job. I

believe my dad also has a sense of superiority. I think even amongst the test and surveys that

were done, alcoholism can occur in anyone. It all depends on the person.

This source was peer reviewed. The authors come from schools such as Victor Babes

University of Pharmacy and Medicine located in Romania. We also know this source is reliable

because it provided a test among 46 subjects from Timisoaras Psychiatric Clinic.

Rolf Gjestad, Johan Franck, Knut A. Hagtvet, Brit Haver; Level and Change in Alcohol

Consumption, Depression and Dysfunctional Attitudes among Females Treated for

Alcohol Addiction, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 46, Issue 3, 1 May 2011, Pages

292300, https://doi-org.librarylink.uncc.edu/10.1093/alcalc/agr018

The aim of this article is to address how females are most often affected by alcoholism

after treatment. The authors took a group of 120 females who were treated for alcohol addiction
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and assessed them twice, over the course of 2 years, using the Depression scale. After treatment,

depression and dysfunctional attitudes were found at a group level.

This journal article portray light on how alcohol can affect women with depression and

dysfunctional attitudes. I think its important that people know how negatively alcohol can

impact not only peoples lives but their minds and their hearts. If women before treatment of

their alcoholism suffer severely from alcoholism, then maybe we can get the message across that

treatment is the best plan. Alcoholism does not simply just disappear. I related this article to my

inquiry by thinking about not only my father but also my grandmother, who also suffers with

alcoholism. I know that they have both gone through hardships in their life and maybe even

depression and I want to help turn them away from the path of alcoholism. You can get help

from many places such as rehabilitation, alcoholics anonymous, etc.

We can tell this source is credible not only because it was peer reviewed but because it

also references many other physicians such as David Rogosa, David Brandt, and Michele

Zimowski. David Rogosa graduated from Stanford and is an Associate Professor. We also know

its credible because their method of gathering information was by creating a reliable analysis.