The Endocrine System and Alcohol Drinking in Females
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Sleep and Alcohol Use in Women
Alcohol and Liver Function in Women
Maternal Substance Use: Consequences, Identification, and Interventions
Alcohol’s Effects on Breast Cancer in Women
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...
Drinking Patterns and Their Definitions
The number of drinks a person consumes and the rate at which he or she consumes them influence how much alcohol enters the brain and how impaired that person becomes. Many people are surprised to learn what counts as a drink. The amount of liquid in one’s glass, can, or bottle does not necessarily match up to how much alcohol is in the drink. To facilitate research and clinical care and to help...