Alcohol use disorders are the most frequently encountered substance use disorders seen in adolescents. Affected individuals also frequently have other substance use disorders and comorbid mental disorders. Careful clinical evaluation is required to identify these problems. The principle aim of treatment is ...
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 ...
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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,...
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 ...
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 treatment...
All young adults with an alcohol use disorder were very unlikely to perceive a need for alcohol treatment or counseling. College-age adults have a high prevalence of alcohol use disorders, yet they are very unlikely to receive alcohol treatment or early intervention services or to perceive a ...
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...
If you drink heavy amounts of alcohol for weeks, months, or years, you may have mental and physical symptoms when you stop or cut back. This is called alcohol withdrawal. About half of all people with alcohol use disorder go through it. ...
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