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A Structural Barrier to Healthcare: Stigma of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Health Care Workers

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Individuals with substance use disorders are considered unpredictable and violent by the public. Besides, health care workers (HCW) may have negative attitudes towards them, despite their knowledge about addiction; which is related to lower
İ.G. Yilmaz-Karaman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol Use Disorder: The Role of Medication in Recovery

open access: yesAlcohol research : current reviews, 2021
The misuse of alcohol in the United States continues to take a large toll on society, resulting in the deaths of about 88,000 Americans per year. Moreover, it is estimated that nearly 14.6 million Americans currently meet diagnostic criteria for current ...
Barbara J. Mason, Charles J. Heyser
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modeling alcohol use disorder severity: An integrative structural equation modeling approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Alcohol dependence is a complex psychological disorder whose phenomenology changes as the disorder progresses. Neuroscience has provided a variety of theories and evidence for the development, maintenance, and severity of addiction; however ...
Bacio, GA   +3 more
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Primary Care Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND Unhealthy alcohol use is prevalent but under-diagnosed in primary care settings. OBJECTIVE To validate, in primary care, a single-item screening test for unhealthy alcohol use recommended by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ...
Allensworth-Davies, Donald   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Baclofen for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis: 10 Years After the First Evidence

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a chronic and relapsing condition characterized by harmful alcohol intake and behavioral-cognitive changes. AUD is the most common cause of liver disease in the Western world. Alcohol abstinence is the cornerstone of therapy
Carolina Mosoni   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sleepiness and cognition in young adults who gamble and use alcohol [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background and aims Past research suggests that sleep problems are associated with increased risky decision-making. Similarly, gambling disorder and alcohol use disorder are also associated with increased risky decision-making. Individuals with gambling
Derbyshire, Katherine L.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Baclofen for alcohol use disorder [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and alcohol-related impairments belong to the most widespread psychiatric disorders leading to specific psychophysical, affective and cognitive symptoms and consequences for psychosocial well-being and health. Alcohol consumption is increasingly becoming a problem in many developing regions and AUD prevalence is estimated at ...
Rosella Saulle   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The role of alcohol response phenotypes in the risk for alcohol use disorder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Heavy alcohol use is pervasive and one of our most significant global health burdens. Early theories posited that certain alcohol response phenotypes, notably low sensitivity to alcohol (‘low-level response’) imparts risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD ...
Cao, Dingcai   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Dermatoglyphics and Alcohol-Tobacco Consumption [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Epidermal ridge patterns form early in foetal development which remains unchanged throughout life and hence they can be used to indicate genetic abnormalities.
Goutham Gandham, K Thajuddeen
doaj   +1 more source

GDNF and alcohol use disorder [PDF]

open access: yesAddiction Biology, 2018
AbstractGlial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has been extensively studied for its role in the development and maintenance of the midbrain dopaminergic system, although evidence suggests that GDNF also plays a role in drug and alcohol addiction. This review focuses on the unique actions of GDNF in the mechanisms that prevent the transition
Segev Barak   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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