Few observations in psychiatry have been documented as long and as consistently as the association between anxiety 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 or more anxiety disorders. The latest article from Alcohol Research Current Reviews provides an overview of...
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
People with a genetic variant of a neurotransmitter gene may have an increased risk of addiction to alcohol and other substances later in life if they were exposed to childhood stress, such as divorce or emotionally distant parents, and other adverse experiences, according to recent research. The study led by researchers at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in...
Open Session of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Agenda is now posted, and the webcast link is now available.
Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health. SIDS is the sudden, unexplained, death of an infant...
The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) National Leadership Forum is Febuary 3 - Febuary 6. The event also includes SAMHSA's 16th Prevention Day. To learn more and register visit https://www.cadca.org/forum2020
This conference has been canceled. Please visit the NASPA website for information about registration refunds and other FAQs.
Data from large epidemiological studies highlight the intertwined nature of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and personality disorders. This review: describes the co-occurrence of AUD with antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder examines prevalence and effects of these personality disorders and their co-occurrence with AUD discusses the treatment and overall implications of these complex co-occurrences To learn more, read the...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism sadly announces the death of Richard L. Veech, MD, DPhil, Chief of the NIAAA Laboratory of Metabolic Control. Dr. Veech joined NIH after earning his bachelor’s and medical degrees at Harvard and his DPhil at Oxford under the tutelage of Hans Krebs. While in the process of completing his graduate work at...
FY 2021 Budget Justification
Due to the increasing health concerns and escalating developments that have occurred over the last several days regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a face-to-face NSTA meeting in Boston on April 2–5, 2020 will no longer take place. Read the NSTA announcement for more information.
After careful consideration and evaluation of the latest developments in COVID-19, the ASAM Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel The ASAM 51st Annual Conference – Innovations in Addiction Medicine in Science and pre-conference courses scheduled April 2-5, 2020 in Denver, CO. For more details visit the ASAM website .
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is as effective as established behavioral treatments for some people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to an extensive review of NIAAA-supported research and other studies. As reported March 11 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review , researchers used a meta-analysis to show that AA and other 12-step facilitation interventions are effective in helping individuals with...