The phrase "alcohol dependant" is not correct in standard written English; the correct form is "alcohol dependent." You can use it when discussing someone who has a reliance on alcohol, particularly in medical or psychological contexts.
Example: "After years of heavy drinking, he was finally diagnosed as alcohol dependent and began seeking treatment."
Alternatives: "alcohol addicted" or "alcohol reliant."
While our study suggests that the 5HT1D receptor does not play a significant role in the pathogenesis of alcoholism, further studies with sumatriptan and with agents that have better blood-brain barrier penetration are needed in both alcohol dependant and non-alcohol dependent samples to consolidate this finding.
While alcohol treatment services are indicated for people who are alcohol dependant, individuals with hazardous or harmful drinking patterns require Brief Interventions or similar services, which are highly cost effective [ 39].
The situation for some children of women who are drug and alcohol dependant was described as precarious, especially if the father is also a substance user or is absent.
The demographics of the patients with complete data (ie, males, illicit drug users, alcohol dependants and patients living in deprived areas) suggested that some primary care physicians may have requested GGT where they suspected substance abuse.
These Brief Interventions fill the key gap between community-level prevention efforts and more intensive treatment for persons who are physically or psychologically dependant on alcohol.
Over time some women become dependant on alcohol as indicated by the fact that they are drinking all day every day, and describe symptoms of alcohol withdrawal if not able to access alcohol.
Excluded were women who had been using hormonal contraception in the last 3 months, women currently undergoing fertility treatment or investigation, women who had previously been diagnosed as infertile, anyone with a history of depression, anxiety or panic attacks and anyone dependant on either drugs or alcohol.
Furthermore, a dose- and time-dependant relationship has been observed, where exposure to higher concentrations of alcohol at critical developmental stages resulted in more severe anomalies [ 8].
Alcohol Concern, the government-sponsored agency that advises on "sensible drinking" says around 1 in 13 drinkers will become chronically dependant.
Colonisation works by making Indigenous people dependant.
It's dependant on the draw.
