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Alcohol-Related Disparities Among Women: Evidence and Potential Explanations
The Role of Stress, Trauma, and Negative Affect in Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder in Women
Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Girls and Women
Treatment Interventions for Women With Alcohol Use Disorder
Maternal Substance Use: Consequences, Identification, and Interventions
Alcohol Use Disorder and Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorders
Introduction
The quest to understand the etiology, course, and treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD) has given rise to an extensive body of work on identifying factors that contribute to these phenomena. Many of these factors, such as temperament and personality traits, are common to multiple psychiatric conditions, and some, such as variants of alcohol metabolizing genes, are specific to AUD...
“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...
Integrating Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions