Alcohol Use Disorders

Chronic alcohol consumption at high, or in some cases, even moderate levels has significant detrimental effects on health, both physical and psychological. It can lead to alcohol use disorders, a chronic condition sometimes associated with co-occurring mental health disorders such as depression. Treatment involves psychosocial and behavioral therapies and medication. Research on treating alcohol use disorders is complex, involving issues such as access to care, relapse, cost and organization of services, treatment effectiveness, and mutual help and recovery services. 

  1. Is Alcohol Dependence Best Viewed as a Chronic Relapsing Disorder?
    Cunningham JA, McCambridge J. Addiction. 107(1), 6-12.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  2. Correlates of Recovery from Alcohol Dependence: A Prospective Study Over a 3-Year Follow-Up Interval
    Dawson DA, Goldstein RB, Ruan WJ, Grant BF. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(7), 1268-1277.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  3. Secular Trends in the Lifetime Prevalence of Alcohol Dependence in the United States: A Re-Evaluation Alcoholism
    Grucza RA, Bucholz KK, Rice JP, Bierut LJ. Clinical & Experimental Research. 32(5), 763-770.
    Date: 2008 (archived)
  4. Evidence for a Closing Gender Gap in Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Dependence in the United States Population
    Keyes KM, Grant BF, Hasin DS. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 93(1-2), 21-29.
    Date: 2008 (archived)
  5. Comorbidity for Alcohol Use Disorders and Drug Use in Mexican-Origin Groups: Comparison of Data from National Alcohol Surveys in the United States and Mexico
    Cherpitel CJ, Robertson MJ, Ye Y, Borges G, Bautista CF, Lown EA, Greenfield TK, Bond J. Substance Use & Misuse. 42(11), 1685-1703.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  6. Prevalence, Correlates, Disability, and Comorbidity of DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in the United States: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
    Compton WM, Thomas YF, Stinson FS, Grant BF. Psychiatry. 64(5), 566-576.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  7. Rates and Correlates of Relapse Among Individuals in Remission from DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence: A 3-Year Follow-Up
    Dawson DA, Goldstein RB, Grant BF. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 31(12), 2036-2045.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  8. Prevalence, Correlates, Disability, and Comorbidity of DAM-IV Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in the United States: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
    Hasin DS, Stinson FS, Ogburn E, Grant BF. Archives of General Psychiatry. 64(7), 830-842.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  9. Is there a Future for Quantifying Drinking in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Alcohol Use Disorders?
    Li T-K, Hewitt BG, Grant BF. Alcohol & Alcoholism. 41(4), 57-63.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  10. Addiction Sciences and Its Psychometrics: The Measurement of Alcohol-Related Problems
    Midanik LT, Greenfield TK, Bond J. Addiction. 102(11), 1701-1710.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  11. Diagnosis of Alcohol Dependence in Epidemiological Surveys: An Epidemic of Youthful Alcohol Dependence or a Case of Measurement Error?
    Caetano R, Babor TF. Addiction. 101(Suppl. 1), 111-114.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  12. Estimating the Effect of Help-Seeking on Achieving Recovery from Alcohol Dependence
    Dawson DA, Grant BF, Stinson FS, Chou PS. Addiction. 101, 824-834.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  13. Maturing Out of Alcohol Dependence: The Impact of Transitional Life Events
    Dawson DA, Grant BF, Stinson FS, Chou PS. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. March, 195-203.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  14. Age at Drinking Onset and Alcohol Dependence: Age at Onset, Duration, and Severity
    Hingson RW, Heeren T, Winter MR. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 160, 739-746.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  15. The 12-Month Prevalence and Trends in DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse and Dependence: United States, 1991–1992 and 2001–2002
    Grant BF, Dawson DA, Stinson FS, Chou SP, Dufour MC, Pickering RP. Drug & Alcohol Dependence. 74(3), 223-234.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  16. Age and Birth Cohort Effects on Rates of Alcohol Dependence
    Rice JP, Neuman RJ, Saccone NL, Corbett J, Rochberg N, Hesselbrock V, . Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 27(1), 93-99.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  17. Intoxication and Withdrawal from Alcohol
    Gold MS, Miller NS. Manual of Therapeutics for Addictions (pp. 13-40). New York: Wiley-Liss, Inc. .
    Date: 1997 (archived)
  18. Measurement of Acute Tolerance to Alcohol in Human Subjects
    Martin CS, Moss HB. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 17(2), 211-216.
    Date: 1993 (archived)
  19. Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Dependence: Fruitful Mysteries
    Edwards G. British Journal of Addiction. 85, 447-461.
    Date: 1990 (archived)
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