News tagged with alcohol abuse
Ireland needs real-time database for teen and young adult suicides
A new report on suicide in Ireland shows that suicide cases experienced a significant number (and intensity) of life events in the 6 months prior to their death.
Psychology & Psychiatry
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College women exceed NIAAA drinking guidelines more frequently than college men
In order to avoid harms associated with alcohol consumption, in 2009 the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism issued guidelines that define low-risk drinking. These guidelines differ for men and women: no more ...
Addiction
May 17, 2013 |
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New guidelines say doctors should screen all adults for 'risky' drinking
(HealthDay)—Primary care doctors should screen all adults for drinking problems, and offer them counseling if needed, new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force suggest.
Health
May 13, 2013 |
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Researchers apply lessons of animal herd behavior to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths
Maurizio Porfiri, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), is best known for his work on biologically inspired robots that mimic the movement of schooling ...
Other
May 16, 2013 |
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Scientists pinpoint the brain circuitry linked to making healthy or unhealthy choices
(Medical Xpress) -- What drives addicts to repeatedly choose drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, overeating, gambling or kleptomania, despite the risks involved?
Neuroscience
Oct 30, 2011 |
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Heavy drinking rewires brain, increasing susceptibility to anxiety problems
Doctors have long recognized a link between alcoholism and anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Those who drink heavily are at increased risk for traumatic events like car accidents and domestic ...
Neuroscience
Sep 02, 2012 |
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Large-scale study confirms link between creativity and mental illness
(Medical Xpress)—People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Would you 'Like' a drink? Youth drinking cultures, social networking and alcohol marketing
Preventing alcohol abuse, especially among young people, has long been a focus of public-health campaigns. But despite the well-publicised social and medical consequences of drinking too much it's clear that for many, heavy ...
Health
May 10, 2013 |
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New drug could help maintain long-term weight loss
A new drug could aid in losing weight and keeping it off. The drug, described in the journal Cell Metabolism on July 26, increases sensitivity to the hormone leptin, a natural appetite suppressant found in the body. Althou ...
Medical research
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Heavy prenatal alcohol consumption linked to childhood brain development problems
(Medical Xpress)—Heavy drinking during pregnancy disrupts proper brain development in children and adolescents years after they were exposed to alcohol in the womb, according to a study supported by the National Institutes ...
Neuroscience
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Neuroimaging study: Negative messages less effective on those who are substance dependent
What types of public messages will most likely deter drug and alcohol abuse or dissuade people from engaging in risky behavior? Negatively framed messages may not be an effective way to reach those most in ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Scientists identify promising target for development of new alcohol abuse medications
(Medical Xpress)—Decreasing the level of a key brain protein led to significantly less drinking and alcohol-seeking behavior in rats and mice that had been trained to drink, according to a study by researchers ...
Neuroscience
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Enzyme might be target for treating smoking, alcoholism at same time
An enzyme that appears to play a role in controlling the brain's response to nicotine and alcohol in mice might be a promising target for a drug that simultaneously would treat nicotine addiction and alcohol abuse in people, ...
Medical research
Sep 12, 2011 |
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A key gene for brain development
(Medical Xpress)—Neurobiologists at the Research institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna have discovered one of the key genes required to make a brain. Mutations in this gene, called TUBB5, cause ...
Genetics
Dec 14, 2012 |
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Study explains why some teenagers more prone to binge drinking
New research helps explain why some teenagers are more prone to drinking alcohol than others. The study, led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Genetics
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse, as described in the DSM-IV, is a psychiatric diagnosis describing the use of alcoholic beverages despite negative consequences. It is differentiated from alcohol dependence by the lack of symptoms such as tolerance and withdrawal. Alcohol abuse is sometimes referred to by the less specific term alcoholism. However, many definitions of alcoholism exist, and only some are compatible with alcohol abuse.
For more information about Alcohol abuse, read the full article at
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