News tagged with alcohol disorders
Low income associated with mental disorders and suicide attempts
Low levels of household income are associated with several lifetime mental disorders and suicide attempts, and a decrease in income is associated with a higher risk for anxiety, substance use, and mood disorders, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Scientists find gene linked to alcohol consumption
Scientists have identified a gene that appears to play a role in regulating how much alcohol people drink, in a study of over 47,000 people published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Integrity of the brain's reward system is linked to relapse following treatment
The brain reward system (BRS) is involved in developing/maintaining addictive disorders, as well as relapse. New findings show that alcohol dependent individuals -- both future abstainers and relapsers -- have significantly ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Comparing profiles of learning and memory impairments in two groups of children
While children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are known to have deficits in verbal learning and recall, the specifics of these deficits remain unclear. This study compared the verbal learning and memory performance ...
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Mar 15, 2011 |
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Scientists discover anti-anxiety circuit in brain region considered the seat of fear
Stimulation of a distinct brain circuit that lies within a brain structure typically associated with fearfulness produces the opposite effect: Its activity, instead of triggering or increasing anxiety, counters ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Alcohol use curbed by anti-nausea medication, study finds
Alcoholics who were given a medication approved for quelling nausea were able to cut back on their alcohol intake, researchers reported this week. The medication, ondansetron (Zofran), could become a readily available therapy ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Stigma deters those with alcohol disorders from seeking treatment
Despite the existence of effective programs for treating alcohol dependencies and disorders, less than a quarter of people who are diagnosed actually seek treatment. In a recent study by Columbia University's Mailman School ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Fetal alcohol exposure associated with a decrease in cognitive performance
It has been known for many years that drinking alcohol while pregnant can cause serious and irreversible damage to the fetus. However, new research exploring memory deficits in children diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum ...
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Dangers of drinking while pregnant emphasized by experts
University of Sydney researchers are urging pregnant women to think twice before consuming alcohol, with a new study revealing that while almost 93 percent of Australian women agree alcohol can affect the unborn child, 16 ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Children of older women appear vulnerable to the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure
The presence and severity of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are influenced by factors beyond alcohol consumption. A new study of one of those factors that may increase the risk of FASD - maternal age - has found ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Individuals confess alcohol abuse to clergy
Persons with alcohol problems are finding comfort in speaking about their situation to clergy, a new study shows.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Creating a preliminary neurobehavioral profile of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
A continuum of physical, mental, and behavioral damage is caused by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and is referred to by the non-diagnostic term, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). While the identification of children ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Anxiety/panic disorder most frequent disabling comorbid disorder in TS patients, study finds
An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities resulting from the vocal or motor tics that define TS found that anxiety/panic ...
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Jun 17, 2010 |
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About one-tenth of soldiers returning from Iraq may be impaired by mental health problems
Between 8.5 percent and 14 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq report serious functional impairment due to either posttraumatic stress disorder or depression, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Ge ...
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Jun 07, 2010 |
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Tobacco tax hike could curb smoking among those with alcohol, drug or mental disorders
A new study from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA suggests that increasing cigarette taxes could be an effective way to reduce smoking among individuals with alcohol, drug or mental disorders.
Jun 02, 2010 |
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