The Role of Stress, Trauma, and Negative Affect in Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder in Women
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Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Girls and Women
The Endocrine System and Alcohol Drinking in Females
Sleep and Alcohol Use in Women
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
—George Santayana
Few observations in psychiatry have been documented as long and as consistently as the association between anxiety (and general negative affect) and the chronic misuse of alcohol. Research has shown that up to 50% of individuals receiving treatment for problematic alcohol use also met diagnostic criteria for one...
Alcohol Use Disorder and Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder
Introduction
Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are heterogeneous psychotic disorders that often cause significant disability, with symptoms that include delusions, hallucinations, disorganization, and cognitive impairment.1 In schizoaffective disorder, the psychotic symptoms are present, along with mood episodes of depression or mania.2 People with these schizophrenia spectrum disorders...
Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders
Biobehavioral Interactions Between Stress and Alcohol
Alcohol Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions - From the Editors
This issue of Alcohol Research: Current Reviews (ARCR) delves into studies on co-occurring alcohol use disorder (AUD) and mental health conditions, exploring how this co-occurrence affects symptom severity, prognosis, and outcomes. Increased risk because of co-occurrence, challenges because of disorder heterogeneity, and efficacy of treatment interventions are reviewed.
Among people with AUD...
Effects of Binge Drinking on the Developing Brain