The incorrect use of alcohol can cause different negative situations to the immediate family of the user. Some examples could be: marriage problems, financial instability, domestic violence, stress, and divorces. Negative impact on the development and upbringing of children, emotional instability, physical and emotional abuse, neglect in the care of the child, development of aggressive behavior, and poor school performance.
These are just a few examples of the direct effect that alcohol can have on the immediate family. Next, we continue to present some of the criteria that DSM-5, the manual used to diagnose alcohol use disorders, provides us with. In general, alcohol use disorder is based on a pathological pattern of behaviors related to alcohol use. During this week we will explain “social impairment”
The recurrent use of alcohol results in the failure to fulfill your main obligations at work, school or at home. This is alcohol use is affecting your performance at work, home, or school. The supervisor has called your attention to being late for work the day after drinking alcohol. Your spouse is upset with you because you are drinking and you are late for a family engagement, you prefer to go to parties with your friends, even if you have an important commitment the next day at school and you will not have time to prepare.
You continue to drink alcohol despite having persistent or recurring social or interpersonal problems caused or aggravated by the effects of alcohol. You have had problems such as fights, arguments with other people, related to the use of alcohol, although you recognize these situations, you continue to drink alcohol. You stop doing or reduce your participation in social, occupational, or recreational activities that are important to you, due to the use of alcohol. For example, you prefer to go out for a drink, but you stop participating in some social activity with your family or in some recreational activity with your children.
Alvely Alcántara, LCSW
Rossy C. Garcia, MEd 
Katy Sims, MD 
Everardo Aviles, LCSW, LCAS (Eve)
As a medical anthropologist and social work researcher, Dr. Gulbas’ research embodies interdisciplinarity through the integration of applied theories of health and human development with qualitative and ethnographic methodologies. Her work seeks to understand how people—children, families, and providers—navigate complex sociocultural landscapes in the pursuit of mental health. Most of her work, to date, focuses attention on developing more robust interpretations of suicide risk. With funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, this body of research has contributed to advancements in theoretical and empirical knowledge of the broader contexts within which youth suicide risk is situated. 
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez is a developmental psychologist and an assistant professor of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the principal investigator of a study that examines the impact of immigration-related threat and stress on school communities. She earned a PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and hold a BA in human biology from Stanford University. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a first gen college student.
Dr. Parra-Cardona is an Associate Professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SHSSW) at the University of Texas at Austin. At the SHSSW, he serves as Coordinator for Mexico and Latin American initiatives. He also serves as Area Director for Research at the UT Austin Latino Research Institute. Dr. Parra-Cardona’s program of research is focused on the cultural adaptation of evidence-based parenting interventions for low-income Latinx populations in the US and Latin America.
Bianka Reese, PhD, MSPH is a research scientist and program evaluator specializing in adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her previous research in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her work as the Research and Evaluation Manager at SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led largescale evaluations of multilevel, community-based sexual health promotion initiatives and research projects aimed at elevating the voices of diverse youth in North Carolina. Dr. Reese is currently the Senior Research Strategist at Creative Research Solutions, LLC, an award-winning national evaluation, research, and assessment firm.
Tania Connaughton-Espino, MPH is an independent researcher focused on adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her interest in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her previous work with SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led the training and evaluation department, conducted capacity-building workshops for youth serving professionals including on the topic of how to be more affirming of LGBTQ youth, and from her extensive experience working with the Latinx population in NC.
Maru Gonzalez, EdD is an Assistant Professor and Youth Development Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at North Carolina State University. Her areas of inquiry include youth development with a focus on activism, social justice, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people across familial, school, and community contexts. 
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, PhD
Hector Y. Adames, PsyD