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Deaths from Excessive Alcohol Use — United States, 2016–2021

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
Deaths from causes fully attributable to alcohol use have increased during the past 2 decades in the United States, particularly from 2019 to 2020, concurrent with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
M. B. Esser, A. Sherk, Yong Liu, Timothy S. Naimi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advances in the science and treatment of alcohol use disorder

Science Advances, 2019
Pharmacological and behavioral treatments exist for alcohol use disorder, but more are needed, and several are under development. Alcohol is a major contributor to global disease and a leading cause of preventable death, causing approximately 88,000 ...
K. Witkiewitz, R. Litten, L. Leggio, L. Leggio, L. Leggio   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Short screening tools for risky drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: modified AUDIT-C and a new approach

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2019
Background Alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians can involve a stop-start pattern of drinking, with consumption well above recommended guidelines on each occasion.
K. S. Kylie Lee, James H. Conigrave, Scott Wilson, Jimmy Perry, Sarah Callinan, Robin Room, Tanya N. Chikritzhs, Tim Slade, Noel Hayman, Geoffrey Leggat, Katherine M. Conigrave   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders

Alcohol research : current reviews, 2019
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depressive disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and co-occur more often than expected by chance.
R. McHugh, R. Weiss
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ways of thinking about alcohol use and about alcohol problems

, 1970
Manuscript of Bacon, S. D. (1970). Ways of thinking about alcohol use and about alcohol problems. In Proceedings of a conference on Public Health Teaching about Alcoholism (pp. 12-23).
Bacon, Selden D.
core   +1 more source

Participant experiences with a text message and contingency management intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy and lactation in Cape Town, South Africa

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background The Western Cape region of South Africa has one of the highest global rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), underscoring the urgent need for effective interventions. This qualitative study, designed as a process evaluation, explores
Lesley-Ann Erasmus-Claassen, Noluthando Mpisane, Petal Petersen Williams, Felicia A. Browne, Bronwyn Myers, Wendee M. Wechsberg, Charles D. H. Parry, Shantae N. Taylor, Yukiko Washio   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex Differences in the Neurobiology of Alcohol Use Disorder

Alcohol research : current reviews, 2020
Sex differences may play a critical role in modulating how chronic or heavy alcohol use impacts the brain to cause the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD).
A. Flores-Bonilla, H. Richardson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An upstream open reading frame regulates expression of the mitochondrial protein Slm35 and mitophagy flux

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals how the mitochondrial protein Slm35 is regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The authors identify stress‐responsive DNA elements and two upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in the 5′ untranslated region of SLM35. One uORF restricts translation, and its mutation increases Slm35 protein levels and mitophagy.
Hernán Romo‐Casanueva, Ariann E. Mendoza‐Martínez, P. Abril Medina‐Flores, Carlos Campero‐Basaldua, Alexander DeLuna, Soledad Funes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partner alcohol use, violence and women's mental health: population-based survey in India. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The relationship between partner alcohol use and violence as risk factors for poor mental health in women is unclear. AIMS: To describe partner-related and other psychosocial risk factors for common mental disorders in women and examine ...
Bond, Jason C, Nayak, Madhabika B, Patel, Vikram, Greenfield, Thomas K   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Community-based drug checking at syringe service programs in New York City observe an increasing prevalence of xylazine from 2021 through 2024

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Xylazine has emerged as a major component of the unregulated opioid supply in several jurisdictions across the United States. However, the extent of xylazine in local drug supplies is unknown.
Leonardo A. Dominguez Gomez, Yarelix Estrada, Jeffery Sauer, Izza Zaidi, Andrew J. Trinidad, Hannah Helmy, Alex Harocopos   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source