From the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association
Marc A. Schuckit, MD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
The goal of this program is to improve preventive intervention for alcoholism through the investigation of genetic and environmental influences on its development. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:
1. Discuss the differential risk of developing alcoholism in children of alcoholics vs children of non-alcoholics.
2. Cite current theories on the effect of genetics on alcohol use and dependence.
3. Explain the differences in response to alcohol between people of Asian ancestry and those of other ethnicities.
4. Discuss how level of response to alcohol predicts alcohol outcome.
5. Recognize the role of environment in alcohol outcome.
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