Behavioral Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Understanding the mechanisms that underlie recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD) is critical to advancing AUD treatment science (Huebner and Tonigan 2007; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA] 2009). Scientific progress over the last three decades has led to the development of a number of effective behavioral and pharmacological AUD interventions (Dutra et al. 2008)...
Alcohol-Endocannabinoid Interactions: Implications for Addiction-Related Behavioral Processes
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Endogenous cannabinoids, or endocannabinoids (eCBs), are bioactive lipid molecules that modulate signaling activity of several physiological processes involved in pain, appetite, energy balance, stress/anxiety, immune signaling, and learning and memory. Although understanding of the eCB system has grown in complexity since its discovery by Raphael Mechoulam, it is now widely known...
Suicidal Behavior: Links Between Alcohol Use Disorder and Acute Use of Alcohol
Integrating Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions
Treatment Interventions for Women With Alcohol Use Disorder
The Role of the Family in Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery for Adults
Introduction
It is almost axiomatic that alcohol use disorder (AUD) and the family are inextricably bound. AUD harms individual family members and the functioning of the family as a whole, and family members’ actions may exacerbate problematic drinking. Conversely, families play a key role in recovery from AUD, and recovery has a positive impact on family members and family functioning...
The Promises and Pitfalls of Digital Technology in Its Application to Alcohol Treatment
Computerized Working-Memory Training As a Candidate Adjunctive Treatment for Addiction
Ecological Momentary Assessment and Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment