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Alcohol and Alcohol Use Disorder
2019Alcohol use is common among active duty service members and veterans for a variety of reasons, including institutional culture, military-specific risk factors, and co-occurring mental health disorders such as PTSD. Despite the US military historically tolerating, if not encouraging, alcohol use, in more recent years it has increasingly recognized the ...
Thomas W. Meeks +4 more
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The Development of Alcohol Use Disorders
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2005Pathological alcohol use is a complex and costly problem. This chapter focuses on recent developments in the etiology of alcohol use disorders. Literature is reviewed from the fields of epidemiology, genetics, personality, neuropsychology, parenting, and social influences.
Kenneth J, Sher +2 more
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Alcohol use disorders and the brain
Addiction, 2020AbstractA diagnosis of alcohol use disorder is associated with a higher risk of dementia, but a dose–response relationship between alcohol intake consumption and cognitive impairment remains unclear. Alcohol is associated with a range of effects on the central nervous system at different doses and acts on a number of receptors.
Rahul Rao, Anya Topiwala
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Alcohol Use Disorders in Geriatrics
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2010Alcohol use disorders cause significant morbidity and mortality in the geriatric population. This review article begins with a hypothetical case for illustration, asking what the primary care physician could do for a geriatric patient with alcohol abuse over a course of four office visits.
Raj K, Kalapatapu +2 more
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Alcohol Use Disorders in Adolescents
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2019Alcohol use during adolescence is an important and modifiable health risk behavior given the significant acute consequences and long-term impacts on the developing brain. Alcohol is the most common substance used by young adults 12 to 17 years old, with binge drinking, polysubstance use, and co-occurring mental health disorders posing particular ...
Sarah M, Bagley +2 more
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Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol Use Disorder
Medical Clinics of North America, 2018Alcohol use disorder is a common, destructive, and undertreated disease. As understanding of alcohol use disorder has evolved, so has our ability to manage patients with pharmacotherapeutic agents in addition to nondrug therapy, including various counseling strategies. Providers now have a myriad of medications, both approved and not approved by the US
Stephen R, Holt, Daniel G, Tobin
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Alexithymia and Alcohol Use Disorders
Alexithymia is a personality construct typified by a difficulty in identify, express, or describe emotions; inability to discriminate between feelings and physical sensations; and an externally oriented thinking style. It is a multifaceted construct, characterized by impairments in emotional awareness, connected to several dimensions of alcohol use ...Vecchiotti Roberta +3 more
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Women and Alcohol Use Disorders
Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 2002Although substance abuse and dependence have been increasing among women in the United States for some time, only during the past two decades have researchers started to focus on women and alcohol use disorders. In the past all-male samples were generally used because they were much more easily available; when mixed-gender populations were examined ...
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Cannabinoid for alcohol use disorder
Several pieces of evidence have implicated the endocannabinoid system on dopaminergic mesolimbic brain reward, as well as the potential role of cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 on modulation of reinforced properties of drug abuse and consequently to the treatment of substance use disorder, including alcoholism.Júlia Dalfovo, Marquez +3 more
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