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Study Finds Increase In Alcoholism

Posted by familydynamics on April 25, 2008

A government study reveals that more Americans develop alcoholism each year than any other mental disorder.

Doctors from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism surveyed more than 43,000 American adults and found nearly 2 percent became alcoholics over a 1-year period - outstripping even the rate of heart disease.

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