The cornerstone of treatment for ALD is achieving total alcohol abstinence and preventing relapse; medical and surgical treatments for ALD are limited when drinking continues. This narrative review summarizes current treatments for both AUDs and ALD with a particular emphasis to the treatment of AUDs ...
Biology. People with a family history of alcohol use disorder are at greater risk for developing the illness themselves. For example, if a parent has AUD, a child has a four-times greater risk of becoming a problem drinker. This is partly due to inheriting genes that increase vulnerability,...
range of severity of alcohol problems ‐ and treatment approachesstepped care for alcohol‐use disorders ‐ in nonspecialist health servicespersonal responsibility and informed choice ‐ acronym FRAMES, effective brief interventionsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) ‐ primary care, accident ...
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common substance use disorder in the US, affecting 11% of adults.1Efficacious medications to treat AUD, such as naltrexone and acamprosate, exist but are seldom prescribed; in fact, only 2.1% of adults with AUD receive medication treatmen...
alcohol use disordersbehavior changeemotion regulationpharmacologic treatmentspsychological treatmentsThis chapter discusses the major psychological factors that maintain drinking among individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and reviews research on mechanisms of behavior change in AUD treatment. It ...
These reasons often frighten clinicians when prescribing appropriate pharmacological therapies for alcohol use disorder (AUD), where less than 15% of patients receive an appropriate treatment in the most severe forms. The data available in literature regarding the relevant drug–drug interactions of the...
In both surveys fewer than one in nine individuals with an alcohol use disorder perceived a need for treatment. In predicting perceived need, the explanatory power of diagnostic variables was much greater than that of demographic variables. Among those with perceived need, two out of every three ...
This randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy of gabapentin as pharmacotherapy for alchohol use disorder in adults with a history of alcohol
The benefits of stepped care intervention, in which intensive treatments are reserved for people not responding to less intensive interventions, are emphasized as a resource efficient clinical pathway for treatment of alcohol use disorders. 展开 关键词:...
Gene therapy might offer a one-time, sustained treatment for patients with serious alcohol addiction, also called alcohol use disorder, according to a new study led by a researcher at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicin