An emerging theory of the effect of economic contraction on alcohol abuse in the United States |
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| Authors: | Ralph Catalano |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 407 Warren Hall, UC Berkeley, 94720 Berkeley, California |
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| Abstract: | Recent research in the United States describing the association between adverse economic experiences and the risk of clinically
significant alcohol abuse is reviewed. A theory of how economic contraction affects the incidence of alcohol abuse is offered.
Implications of the theory for economic policy and the provision of services are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | unemployment alcohol abuse economy |
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