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Agnihotra is a Vedic ritual of litting fire in a copper pyramid pot with use of Mantras at sunrise and sunset time. It is found to have neurophysiological effect on human body and brain. Clinically it produces mental tranquility and reported to have useful adjunct effect on deaddiction. In our present study effect of Agnihotra was studied on 18 cases of alcoholism. It is found that it leads to ...

In 1993, a 21m NOK (3m US$) national campaign against trade with illegal spirits (homebrewed or smuggled) was launched in Norway. This article reports results of its evaluation study. Surveys covering the age range 16-80 were carried out just before the campaign started and 1 year later. Half of those responding at baseline as well as a new sample were surveyed after 1 year. While at baseline 4...

A person was convicted of manslaughter on a charge of operating a motor vehicle on a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and he appealed to the supreme court. After the accident out of which the charge of manslaughter arose, the defendant remained unconscious for about 48 hours. While unconscious he was arrested and taken into custody by the police and treated for hi...

This study investigates the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and two alcohol-related outcomes--liquor consumption and highway vehicle fatalities. Fixed-effect models are estimated for the 48 contiguous states over the 1975-1988 time period. Alcohol consumption and traffic deaths vary procyclically, with a major portion of the effect of economic downturns attributed to reductions in...

The impact of the changes in Scotland's liquor licensing laws was assessed by comparing trends in alcohol related problems in Scotland with those in England and Wales. The study showed no appreciable effect on the level of alcohol related morbidity and mortality, though some improvements were noted in relation to the rates of convictions for drunkenness. The changes introduced since 1976 appear...

Relationships between the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies, considered to be representative of the alcoholism treatment movement, and various temperance groups, clergy and spokesmen for the alcoholic beverage industry are examined.

same observers (K. J. and D. W. S.). Four of these children were recognised as having a similar pattern of altered growth and morphogenesis. Thereafter, two other children were ascertained by the abnormal features identified in the first four patients, while the remaining two affected children were ascertained because their mothers were chronically alcoholic. The mothers of the affected patient...

Given the documented association between paternal alcoholism and negative parenting behaviors, the purpose of this study was to examine longitudinally whether marital satisfaction mediates this relationship. Participants consisted of 197 families (102 without an alcoholic father, 95 with an alcoholic father) who were assessed at three time points: when children were 12, 24, and 36 months old. R...