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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 144th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM Thursday, February 9, 2017 Fishers Lane, Terrace Conference Rooms, Rockville MD 20852 11:00 AM - 3:15 PM: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 11:00 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. George Koob...
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Sophie Haven Post-Bacc IRTA Sophie Haven is a post-bac IRTA working in the Section on Nutritional Neurosciences at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Her role within this section consists of assisting with the Neuroimaging, Omega-3, and Reward in Adults with ADHD (NORAA) trial. This trial will be investigating the effects of Omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in...
Both humans and animals experience stress. Ideally, stress serves as a survival tool, allowing organisms to adapt and overcome adversity in an unpredictable environment. As a result, higher-order animals have developed complex systems to perceive, react to, and adapt to psychological stress, ensuring that they can respond to environmental dangers that might harm or kill them. But for some, the...
Interventions to reduce anxiety and depression may help prevent relapse in individuals with chronic pain who are recovering from alcohol use disorder (AUD). This conclusion comes from a recent study in which investigators reanalyzed data collected from people with chronic pain who participated in one of two major clinical trials on alcohol treatment, one in the United States and one...
In a recent study, Cindy L. Ehlers, Ph.D., and colleagues examined the clinical course of alcohol use disorder (AUD)—as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM–5)—in a sample of young adult (ages 18–30) individuals of Mexican American (MA) and Native American (NA) descent. Face-to-face interviews using the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism...
Adults drank more alcohol in 2012–2013 than they did in 2001–2002, according to the most recent National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). NESARC–III is a cross-sectional survey sponsored, designed, and directed by NIAAA and is the largest study ever conducted on the co-occurrence of alcohol use, drug use, and related psychiatric conditions. To assess how drinking patterns...