Psychology & Psychiatry
The connection between alcoholism and depression
Alcoholism and depression often go hand-in-hand.
Sep 21, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia
Alcohol use disorders are the most important preventable risk factors for the onset of all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia. This according to a nationwide observational study, published in The Lancet Public ...
Feb 21, 2018
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Addiction
Protein links alcohol abuse and changes in brain's reward center
When given access to alcohol, over time mice develop a pattern similar to what we would call "problem drinking" in people, but the brain mechanisms that drive this shift have been unclear. Now a team of UC San Francisco researchers ...
Sep 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Alcohol shown to act in same way as rapid antidepressants
Can having a few drinks help people with clinical depression feel better?
Sep 28, 2016
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Attention deficit disorders
Link between prenatal drug use and ADHD
Prenatal use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis has all been independently associated with adverse health impacts on the baby. But many people who use these substances during pregnancy aren't using them in isolation.
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Neuroscience
People with severe alcohol use disorder may form and recall social memories differently
In new research, people with severe alcohol use disorder tended to have greater difficulty forming new social memories. And, while they had better immediate recall of positive than negative social cues, for longer-term memories, ...
Jun 25, 2024
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Health
2.6 million die annually due to alcohol: WHO
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained "unacceptably high".
Jun 25, 2024
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Addiction
Young adults' reasons not to drink point to potential for more effective prevention, treatment interventions
Young adults (aged 18–25) who use alcohol have varying personal reasons for not drinking on some days—reasons that could be harnessed to improve the effectiveness of programs preventing and treating alcohol use disorder ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Addiction
Gut microbiome linked to brain structure and symptom severity in people who drink heavily
Gut bacteria may be associated with differences in brain structure and clinical symptom severity in people with alcohol use disorder.
Jun 24, 2024
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Medications
New study establishes best practices for supervised psilocybin
Last year, Oregon became the first state in the nation to provide state-regulated access to supervised services involving mind-altering magic mushrooms—raising the likelihood of introducing psilocybin to many Oregonians ...
Jun 19, 2024
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