Werner and colleagues (2016) report on the increased rates of trauma exposure and PTSD among African American (AA) women as compared to European American (EA) women, and examine differences in the relationship between PTSD and AUD among AA and EA women. The Emerson et al. (2017) study is the first to examine the association between…
Recovering from alcohol addiction or abuse is much easier when you have people you can lean on for encouragement, comfort, and guidance. Let friends, family members, and co-workers know that you’re trying to stop or cut back on drinking. If they drink, ask them to support your recovery by not doing so in front of…
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word ‘drug.’ Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Differences in efficacy determine whether a drug that binds to a receptor is classified as an agonist or as an antagonist. A drug…
The best rehab facilities are accredited by independent organizations,such as The Joint Commission, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities or the Council on Accreditation. Not only is addiction relapse common, relapse is not considered a sign of failure. In fact, people in recovery might be better off if the term “relapse” were abandoned altogether…
A recent study showed that increases in clinical diagnoses related to alcohol misuse, substance misuse, and suicide ideation/behavior between 2009 and 2018 largely mirror the broader mortality trends from these three causes (Brignone et al., 2020). The rise in drug poisoning deaths is well studied, and scholars have offered plausible explanations for this phenomenon. Explanations…
This offers an alternative explanation for the opposite genetic associations38, particularly in an older clinical sample in which a large proportion report current abstinence (reflected in an AUDIT-C score of 0). For this complex set of genetic associations to be useful in informing clinical recommendations on safe levels of alcohol consumption, it will be necessary…