Thursday, September 19, 2013

Stress–response pathways are altered in the hippocampus of chronic alcoholics

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  The chronic high-level alcohol consumption seen in alcoholism leads to dramatic effects on the hippocampus, including decreased whi...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in native sympathetic neurons by

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To determine whether actions on nicotine acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) contribute to ethanol’s depressant effects on the autonomic ne...

Global Actions: Commitments to Reduce Harmful Drinking. Sep 19, 2013

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Global Actions in Focus Drink driving initiative in nigeria Post-intervention survey From August 26 to September 2, 2013, research...

Media Release - Beer hits a 66 year low, but wine is still going up

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Our tastes may be swinging away from beer and towards wine, but we're drinking a little less alcohol overall, according to figures re...

Press Release - Drinkaware call for evidence on binge drinking

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    Drinkaware is launching a review in support of the Government’s Alcohol Strategy to develop a coherent, well evidenced strate...

Latino subgroup as a moderator of the relationship between language usage and alcohol use in a national sample of Latino emerging adults.

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  Emerging adulthood represents a period of increased risk for alcohol use. For Latino emerging adults, less is known regarding the ro...

Interpersonal Climate of 12-step Groups Predicts Reductions in Alcohol Use.

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  Research has shown that increases in the size of abstinence-based social networks helps explain the association between 12-Step a...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Chronic Care Management for Dependence on Alcohol and Other DrugsThe AHEAD Randomized Trial

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To determine whether CCM for alcohol and other drug dependence improves substance use outcomes compared with usual primary care. The ...

Press Release - Chronic Care Management Program Does Not Result in Increased Abstinence From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence

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Persons with alcohol and other drug dependence who received chronic care management including relapse prevention counseling and medical,...

Research Access to Confidential Data through the Data Portal

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The Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is an...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Alcohol News - 37/2013

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          NCD Alliance (Norway) -   Norway first to launch a national NCD strategy 100 years ago communicable diseases were t...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Problem solving styles among people who use alcohol and other drugs in South Africa

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The present study examines the relationship between problem-solving styles, socio-demographic variables and risk of alcohol and other dru...

Acute alcohol-related dysfunction as a predictor of employment status in a longitudinal study of working-age men in Izhevsk, Russia

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To investigate longitudinally the effect of alcohol consumption and related acute alcohol-related dysfunction on employment status. ...

Trend analysis and modelling of gender-specific age, period and birth cohort effects on alcohol abstention and consumption level for drinkers in Great Britain using the General Lifestyle Survey 1984–2009

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  British alcohol consumption and abstinence rates have increased substantially in the last 3 decades. This study aims to disentangle...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Childhood Verbal Development and Drinking Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A Discordant Twin-Pair Analysis

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Studies suggest that better cognitive and verbal abilities in childhood predict earlier experimentation with alcohol and higher levels ...

Perceived Danger While Intoxicated Uniquely Contributes to Driving After Drinking

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Previous findings suggest that alcohol alters perceptions of risky behaviors such as drinking and driving. However, studies testing thes...

Psychiatric Comorbidity and 12-Step Participation: A Longitudinal Investigation of Treated Young Adults

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Evidence indicates that 12-step mutual-help organizations (MHOs), such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), can play...

Does the Severity of Hangovers Decline with Age? Survey of the Incidence of Hangover in Different Age Groups

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Alcohol hangover is a growing research area, but differences across the life span have not been assessed. Here, we test the hypothesis...