Greetings from Glenbeigh,

I wanted to remind everyone that the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline goes live July 16th. It's been years in the making and I'm grateful that access to help is getting easier through a dedicated three-digit number. Also, there are some great articles below about the impacts of alcohol on physical health. It seems obvious that too much alcohol isn't good for us, but it's startling how many of our body systems are negatively impacted by addiction.

Thanks,

Dr. Semancik

Carolanne Semancik PhD, PCC-S, LICDC-C is responsible for the ongoing research at Glenbeigh Hospital in Rock Creek, Ohio. Her current research focus is on the use of technology to reduce premature discharge rates from Substance Use Disorder treatment. She is a licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. She supervises professionals in both fields and oversees several research assistants/interns at Glenbeigh. She graduated from Youngstown State University with her bachelor in psychology and masters in clinical mental health counseling. Her doctorate is in psychology from Grand Canyon University where her dissertation focused on the impact of transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behaviors and job satisfaction.

Study shows alarming trends in mortality from alcoholic cirrhosis in the U.S.

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine conducted an original research study utilizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) to compare trends in mortality from alcoholic cirrhosis in the U.S. in 1999 with those 20 years later in 2019.

How Alcohol Affects Our Ability to Read Emotions.

Researchers compared the effect of alcohol on the ability to recognize microexpressions, defined as “briefly displayed facial expressions of emotion,” with expressions displayed for longer time periods. Of all of the emotions, they found that consuming alcohol can increase sensitivity to expressions of disgust and contempt.

Research shows how alcohol changes brain activity differently for male and female mice.

DiLeo et al. administered alcohol to mice and measured corresponding changes in oscillatory states in the amygdala. Alcohol affected amygdala oscillations differently in male and female mice, especially after repeated alcohol administration. In fact, the oscillatory state of females did not change at all after repeated alcohol administration.

How Does Alcohol Consumption Affect the Immune System?

Although alcohol consumption is typically associated with liver damage, both moderate and chronic alcohol use can significantly impact the immune system, thereby limiting the ability of the body to protect itself from infection and disease adequately.

New report finds smoking is a cause of depression and schizophrenia.

“There is no longer any doubt that smoking is bad for mental health and this needs to be a priority in the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan. Those working with people with mental health conditions need to understand and address the vicious cycle of bidirectional effects, whereby having symptoms of mental illness causes individuals to smoke more and to be more likely to become addicted."

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People in recovery who work in the field.

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