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The Genetics of Alcohol Intake and of Alcohol Dependence
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2004Background: Because alcohol has multiple dose‐dependent consequences, it is important to understand the causes of individual variation in the amount of alcohol used. The aims of this study were to assess the long‐term repeatability and genetic or environmental causes of variation in alcohol intake and to estimate the degree of overlap with causes of ...
Whitfield, John B. +5 more
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British Journal of Addiction, 1989
SummaryGenetic research in alcoholism has made major advances in recent decades. Twin, adoption, high‐risk and familial studies have demonstrated an inheritance factor in alcoholism. Few studies have demonstrated a genetic predisposition to cocaine and cannabis dependence.
N S, Miller +3 more
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SummaryGenetic research in alcoholism has made major advances in recent decades. Twin, adoption, high‐risk and familial studies have demonstrated an inheritance factor in alcoholism. Few studies have demonstrated a genetic predisposition to cocaine and cannabis dependence.
N S, Miller +3 more
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Pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 1997The current pharmacotherapeutic approaches to alcohol dependence, together with the results of a number of clinical trials, are reviewed in this article. Despite the somewhat disappointing clinical results, pharmacotherapeutic interventions did lead to some small, but significant, improvements in alcohol abstinence rates.
G, Zernig, K, Fabisch, H, Fabisch
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Anticonvulsants for alcohol dependence
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010Alcohol dependence is a major public health problem that is characterised by recidivism and a host of medical and psychosocial complications. Besides psychosocial interventions, different pharmacological interventions have been or currently are under investigation through Cochrane systematic reviews.The primary aim of the review is to assess the ...
Pier Paolo, Pani +3 more
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Topiramate for Alcohol Dependence
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2008Objective: To evaluate the evidence for the use of topiramate for alcohol dependence. Data Sources: MEDLINE (l 966-June 2008) and Cochrane Database (2008, Issue 1) searches were conducted using the search terms alcohol dependence and ...
Christina L, Olmsted, Denise R, Kockler
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The genetics of alcohol dependence
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2012Alcohol consumption dates back to the Neolithic period, and alcohol dependence contributes substantially to the current global burden of disease. Despite this, optimal therapies and preventive strategies are lacking. Formal genetic studies of alcohol dependence have shown that genetic factors play as large a role in disease etiology as environmental ...
Marcella, Rietschel, Jens, Treutlein
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Field Dependence in Alcoholics
Psychological Reports, 1982Different aspects of the influence of cognitive style, field-dependence/independence, on various measures of personality have been reviewed. Field independence may relate closely to sense of reality, state of mental health, strong self-esteem, differentiated identity, and articulated body concept. Witkin with his coworkers considered field dependence a
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The genetics of alcohol dependence
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2006Alcohol dependence is a common, complex disorder, which affects millions of people worldwide and causes considerable burden in terms of interpersonal and societal costs. Family, twin, and adoption studies have convincingly demonstrated that genes play an important role in the development of alcohol dependence, with heritability estimates in the range ...
Danielle M, Dick, Laura J, Bierut
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