Neuroscience
New treatment location challenges thoughts on addiction
Researchers have discovered that there may be a new pathway in the brain that provides pain relief and reduces cravings for opioids.
Feb 25, 2021
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News tagged with alcohol dependence
Health
Oft-used DSM diagnosis of alcohol dependence shows reliability
Compared to other common psychiatric disorders, the diagnostic reliability of alcohol dependence (AD) as determined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) is relatively high. ...
Jun 15, 2011
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Pediatrics
Parents may be putting kids on path to drinking
Teenagers whose parents supply alcohol in early adolescence are three times as likely to be drinking full serves of alcohol at age 16 as children in families that do not supply alcohol, a major new study from the National ...
Sep 8, 2014
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Addiction
After rehab for opioids, nearly half of Medicaid beneficiaries do not receive follow-up care
Despite strong evidence for the importance of outpatient care after inpatient residential treatment for opioid use disorder, nearly half of Medicaid beneficiaries are not receiving follow-up care or medication-assisted treatment ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Addiction
Teens increasingly choose pot over alcohol, cigarettes
The "gateway pattern" of adolescent substance use is changing, and marijuana is increasingly the first substance in the sequence of adolescent drug use, according researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...
Nov 19, 2018
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Health
Heavy alcohol use alters brain functioning differently in young men and women
Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these changes are significantly different in men and women. This indicates not only that young people might ...
Sep 4, 2017
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Addiction
Weight-loss surgery increases alcohol use disorders over time
Adults who had a common bariatric surgery to lose weight had a significantly higher risk of alcohol use disorders (AUD) two years after surgery, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health research consortium.
Jun 18, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Beyond remission: From alcohol dependence to optimal mental health
New research published online in the journal Substance Use & Misuse is good news for those struggling with alcohol dependence: the possibility of ending this dependency gets easier with age. Moreover, more than half of individuals ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Addiction
Alcohol consumption among men drops during pandemic, but problem drinking rises
Alcohol consumption during the coronavirus pandemic declined among men, while it remained steady among women, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Jan 24, 2022
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Addiction
Internet addiction—Causes at the molecular level
Everybody is talking about Internet addiction. Medically, this phenomenon has not yet been as clearly described as nicotine or alcohol dependency. But a study conducted by researchers from the University of Bonn and the Central ...
Aug 29, 2012
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