National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Joanne Fertig, Ph.D. and Kathy Jung, Ph.D. Purpose During the past two decades progress has been made in developing medications to treat Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD). Currently there are only three Food and Drug (FDA)-approved medications for the treatment of AUD: disulfiram, oral and long-term injectable naltrexone, and acamprosate. However, given the heterogenous nature of AUD, many individuals show only...

En mayo de 2013, la Asociación Estadounidense de Psiquiatría se publicó la quinta edición del Manual diagnóstico y estadístico de los trastornos mentales (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM–5). Aunque existe un solapamiento considerable entre el DSM–5 y el DSM–IV, la edición anterior, hay varias diferencias importantes: Cambios en la terminología de los trastornos El DSM–IV describió dos...

The 2024 Annual Public Meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) will be held on May 9, 2024, 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST The meeting agenda is available at the ICCFASD meeting page. The meeting is Videocast and will be available live and archived at https://videocast.nih.gov The meeting direct link (URL): https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54088 Participants are...

El índice de todas las visitas al departamento de emergencias relacionadas con el alcohol aumentó un 47.0% entre 2006 y 2014, lo que se traduce en un aumento anual promedio de 210,000 visitas al departamento de emergencias relacionadas con el alcohol. 1 Las estimaciones sugieren que el alcohol desempeñó un papel en por lo menos el 7.1% de las visitas...

This webinar will focus on NIAAA research priorities in the context of deaths of despair. Presenter: Mark D. Egli, PhD, Deputy Director, Division of Neuroscience This online event is hosted by the NIH HEAL Initiative PURPOSE Network as part of the "Know Your NIH Institutes and Centers" series. Date: July 26, 2024 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT For...

Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., today called on American adults who drink alcohol to participate in free screenings to be offered April 8 at more than 5000 sites nationwide. The " Alcohol and Your Health--Where Do You Draw the Line?" screenings are offered free as part of National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD). "National Alcohol Screening Day can...

Computerized image analysis can be a useful tool for detecting the sometimes subtle changes in facial features that occur when children are exposed to alcohol before birth, according to a recent study conducted through the NIAAA-funded Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD). As reported in the journal Pediatrics, the study suggests that three-dimensional (3-D) imaging could soon help...

Health care professionals at more than 1200 sites stand ready to educate the public about signs and symptoms of alcohol problems during the third annual National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) on Thursday, April 5, 2001. Individuals concerned about their drinking or that of another may access free, confidential screening and research-based alcohol information at college and community health and counseling...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala has announced the availability of the 10th Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health, produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The report highlights recent research advances on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcohol addiction (alcoholism) and alcohol abuse. The 492-page report...

Proportions of welfare recipients using, abusing, or dependent on alcohol or illicit drugs are consistent with proportions of both the adult U.S. population and adults who do not receive welfare, report National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism researchers in the November American Journal of Public Health. However, certain age, gender, and ethnic characteristics of the general population group with...

Above: Dr. Bin Gao, Chief of the Laboratory of Liver Diseases in the Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research (DICBR), NIAAA. (Credit: NIH IRP) The following is an excerpt from a web page feature from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP): While many people may enjoy an occasional alcoholic beverage, excessive alcohol consumption causes adverse...

Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion, according to a 2013 survey that asked about past-year drinking. This higher level of drinking is associated with increased health and safety risks. A report of...

Home General Info Agenda Accommodations and Logistics Contact Registration Recommended Reading Our Sponsors 2017 National Conference on Alcohol and Opioid Use in Women & Girls: Advances in Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Research October 26 - 27, 2017 Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th Street NW Washington, DC USA A national conference to: 1) Disseminate findings from the latest research...

Prenatal exposure to even low doses of alcohol may lead to severe and highly variable deficits in the brain of a fetus, according to a new study conducted in mice. Researchers report that the unpredictable nature of the deficits may be due to inconsistencies in how fetal brain cells activate a protective response to alcohol and other harmful compounds. The...

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On November 17, join the Addiction Policy Forum and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for a Facebook Live Event: "Choosing Quality Alcohol Treatment: A Conversation With the Developers of the NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator" Speakers: Dr. Patricia Powell, NIAAA Deputy Director Dr. Lori Ducharme, Navigator Lead Developer Moderator: Mark O’Brien, VP of State and Local Affairs...

NIH-funded multi-site clinical trial suggests that smokers may also benefit A new medication that targets part of the brain’s stress system may help reduce alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. “Medications have become...