National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Bethesda, Maryland — Ting-Kai Li, M.D., director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) since November 2002, announced today that he will step down from his post and retire from Federal service, effective October 31, 2008. Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., the NIAAA Deputy Director since February 2008, will serve as Acting Director of the Institute while a...

An estimated 17.6 million American adults (8.5 percent) meet standard diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder * and approximately 4.2 million (2 percent) meet criteria for a drug use disorder. Overall, about one-tenth (9.4 percent) of American adults, or 19.4 million persons, meet clinical criteria for a substance use disorder--either an alcohol or drug use disorder or both--according to...

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...

Follow @NIAAAnews and @NIDANews on Twitter this Friday 7/17, at 1pm ET for a chat on how marijuana and alcohol impair your driving. Join the chat using #DruggedDriving.

Research shows that primary health care providers can promote significant, lasting reductions in drinking levels and alcohol-related problems by asking patients about alcohol use and briefly advising them to reduce risky drinking. In a new study, researchers supported by NIAAA showed that doctors and nurses in an emergency department can also do effective brief interventions for patients who report risky...

Joe Wang, Ph.D., DMHE Purpose Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are a spectrum of lifelong, debilitating health deficits, affecting roughly 2-5% of all school-aged children in the US. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), the most serious form of FASD, is a developmental disorder characterized by craniofacial abnormalities, growth retardation, and nervous system dysfunction that may include mental retardation. Other FASD categories...

Note: This document is an archived feature. View the Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2024-2028 at https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/strategic-plan-fiscal-years-2024-… As scientific advances continue to expand our understanding of how alcohol affects human health and point to new ways to address alcohol-related harm, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has released its 2017-2021 strategic plan for research. The new plan serves...

OBJECTIVES To enhance the understanding on the burden of alcohol use and alcohol-associated liver disease in the United States To enhance understanding of the concomitant mental health and substance use disorders among patients with alcohol use and alcohol-associated liver disease To bridge the clinical gaps in the alcohol-associated liver disease diagnosis, management and clinical trial design To disseminate the NIAAA-sponsored...

Please mark your calendars and save the dates for the public workshop titled “Clinical Trial Design for Integrated Care for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and Alcohol-associated Liver Disease (ALD)”. The workshop is a hybrid event, taking place in Bethesda, MD and via Zoom Meetings on July 12–13, 2022. The purpose of the workshop is to develop consensus-based recommendations...

The White House is hosting a series of virtual conversations to highlight promising areas of current research and understand what is still needed to address the Nation’s deepening mental health crisis. This video features two alcohol experts discussing how alcohol use and misuse is intertwined with other health issues, including mental health conditions. They also discussed trends in alcohol use...

Re-issue of PAR 19 207 Participating IC’s: NIAAA, NIDA Authors: Laura Kwako, NIAAA, Albert Avila, NIDA Purpose: The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIAAA/NIDA R25 program is to support educational activities that foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research on alcohol...

Muchos anticipamos las celebraciones de fin de año, pero estas fiestas también son momentos en los que algunas personas suelen beber más allá de sus límites en comparación con otras épocas del año. Algunas personas tendrán consecuencias negativas como peleas, caídas o accidentes de tráfico. Los mitos perduran A pesar de los posibles peligros, siguen existiendo mitos sobre el consumo...

Prevalencia del consumo de alcohol durante toda la vida Personas de 12 años y más Según la Encuesta Nacional sobre la Salud y el Consumo de Drogas (NSDUH, por su sigla en inglés) de 2022, un total de 221.3 millones de personas de 12 años y más (el 78.5% en este grupo de edad) informaron que consumieron alcohol en algún...

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace Level Conference Center, Rockville, Maryland 20852 Thursday, April 4, 2013 Draft AGENDA 8:30 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Comments Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., Acting Director, NIAAA, NIH, ICCFASD Chairperson 8:40 a.m. Panel Discussion on Diagnosing Infants and Young Children Lynne M. Haverkos, M.D., M.P.H., NICHD, NIH, moderator Clair D. Coles...

The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) convened for its 133rd meeting at 5:30 p.m. on June 12, 2013, at the Fishers Lane Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland. The Council met in closed session for a review of grant applications and Merit Award extensions. The meeting recessed at 6:20 p.m. Dr. Abraham Bautista, Director, Office of Extramural...

Brain molecules similar to the active compound in marijuana help to regulate alcohol consumption, according to new reports by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Bethesda, Maryland, and a separate NIAAA-supported group at several New York state research institutions. In studies conducted with a strain of mice known to have a high preference for alcohol...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 143rd Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 15, 2016 Thursday, 10:15 AM - 4:00 PM, Fishers Lane, Terrace Conference Rooms, Rockville MD 20852 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 10:15 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. George Koob...

A pilot study of a smartphone-based intervention found that the mobile app helped people with an alcohol use disorder to reduce their alcohol consumption. The pilot program was supported in part by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Patrick Dulin, PhD, an associate professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, led the study. He...

NIAAA presents the 11th Annual Jack Mendelson, M.D., Honorary Lecture: Is Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder? Presenter: Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=33218&bhcp=1 Read more abaout the NIAAA Jack Mendelson, M.D., Honorary Lecture Series. For reasonable accommodations, including sign language interpreting services, please Joanna...

On December 31, 1970, Congress passed the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act, the legislation that created the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The new Institute’s mandate was to “develop and conduct comprehensive health, education, training, research, and planning programs for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.” Five decades later...