Fetal Alcohol Exposure in the African American Community
By Carl C. Bell
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Publication Date: 15th November 2018
Many urban African-American communities are drenched in alcoholic beverages and ads and most even offer some form of 24/7 access to liquor via convenience stores. Alcohol has been advertised as something that is essential for a good time and is often at a price point that even the impoverished can manage to buy a steady supply. It is often the go-to drink for celebrations and mourning rituals. These cinditions make it difficult for misinformed people to understand the how little the amount consumed, has the potential to cause long-term consequences.
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Many urban African-American communities are drenched in alcoholic beverages and ads and most even offer some form of 24/7 access to liquor via convenience stores. Alcohol has been advertised as something that is essential for a good time and is often at a price point that even the impoverished can manage to buy a steady supply. It is often the go-to drink for celebrations and mourning rituals. These cinditions make it difficult for misinformed people to understand the how little the amount consumed, has the potential to cause long-term consequences.
Many urban African-American communities are drenched in alcoholic beverages and ads and most even offer some form of 24/7 access to liquor via convenience stores. Alcohol has been advertised as something that is essential for a good time and is often at a price point that even the impoverished can manage to buy a steady supply. It is often the go-to drink for celebrations and mourning rituals. These cinditions make it difficult for misinformed people to understand the how little the amount consumed, has the potential to cause long-term consequences.
Details
Pages: 138
Publisher: Third World Press
Publication Date: 15th November 2018
ISBN: 9780883784075
Author Bio
Dr. Carl C. Bell, M.D. is a Staff Psychiatrist at Jackson Park Hospital’s Outpatient Family Practice Clinic and Inpatient Consultation Liaison Service. He is the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Windsor University, St. Kitts. In addition, he is a Professor Emeritus-Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and retired Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Over the past 45 years, he has published more than 500 articles, chapters, and books on mental health, including authoring The Sanity of Survival. He is co-editor of Pequegnat W and Bell CC (eds). Family and HIV/AIDS: Cultural and Contextual Issues in Prevention and Treatment and Jeste D and Bell CC (eds). Psychiatric Clinics of North America–Prevention in Psychiatry.
Many urban African-American communities are drenched in alcoholic beverages and ads and most even offer some form of 24/7 access to liquor via convenience stores. Alcohol has been advertised as something that is essential for a good time and is often at a price point that even the impoverished can manage to buy a steady supply. It is often the go-to drink for celebrations and mourning rituals. These cinditions make it difficult for misinformed people to understand the how little the amount consumed, has the potential to cause long-term consequences.
Pages: 138
Publisher: Third World Press
Publication Date: 15th November 2018
ISBN: 9780883784075
Dr. Carl C. Bell, M.D. is a Staff Psychiatrist at Jackson Park Hospital’s Outpatient Family Practice Clinic and Inpatient Consultation Liaison Service. He is the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Windsor University, St. Kitts. In addition, he is a Professor Emeritus-Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and retired Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Over the past 45 years, he has published more than 500 articles, chapters, and books on mental health, including authoring The Sanity of Survival. He is co-editor of Pequegnat W and Bell CC (eds). Family and HIV/AIDS: Cultural and Contextual Issues in Prevention and Treatment and Jeste D and Bell CC (eds). Psychiatric Clinics of North America–Prevention in Psychiatry.
