Alcohol use disorderTreatment gapLongitudinal general population studyBackground/Aims: This study examines whether it is harmful that subjects with an alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the general population rarely seek treatment. Methods: Baseline and 3-year follow-up data from the Netherlands Mental ...
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...
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,...
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 ...
alcohol‐use disorders ‐ treatment and managementalcohol‐use disorders, along continuum of severity ‐ hazardous drinkers, at risk of experiencing alcohol‐related problemsnotion of a spectrum of severity ‐ and range of treatment approachesrange of severity of alcohol problems ‐ and treatment ...
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 ...
Almost 10% of the worlds population is affected by alcohol use disorder (AUD). The combination between psychosocial intervention and pharmacological treatment seems to be the most effective approach for patients affected by AUD. Among effective drugs useful in the treatment of AUD, GABAB-ergic medica...
Alcohol Use DisorderAlcohol TreatmentRecoveryMixture ModelsCOMBINEBackground Recent research indicates some individuals who engage in heavy drinking following treatment for alcohol use disorder fare as well as those who abstain with respect to psychosocial functioning, employment, life satisfaction, and mental...
Alcohol use disorders exist on a continuum of severity from hazardous and harmful drinking through to varying degrees of alcohol dependence. It therefore follows that people with alcohol use disorders presenting to a wide range of medical and social care settings have a wide spectrum of need which...