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Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse.
Despite growing evidence of alcohol’s harms, it remains deeply embedded in social norms and cultural rituals, both in the US and abroad.
Chang, a refreshing, low-strength brew, and arak, its stronger relative, have long been part of Tibetan rituals.
Women are highly aware of alcohol’s immediate effects, but, in a culture that promotes drinking as self-care, dangers down the track aren’t front of mind.
Different types of alcoholic beverages elicit symbolic cues that can influence the choices a person makes about consumption.
Substance use disorders are widespread in the US, but many people wrongly equate detoxing with being cured.
We can’t prevent violence against women and children without tackling men’s heavy alcohol use.
Campaigns designed to help us cut back on alcohol don’t always reach those most at risk of harm. Here’s what we should be doing instead.
Children of these parents are more likely to have mental health issues − and ultimately suffer from substance use disorder themselves.
Many parents think that drinking at home is a safe way to teach teenagers about alcohol, but research suggests this is not true.
Frequent moves and long deployments can lead to trouble at home.
The government linked alcohol with seven types of cancers, prompting the US surgeon general to call for warning labels on beer, wine and liquor.
South Africa wants to introduce an excise tax on alcohol to make sure no alcoholic drink can be sold below a certain price.
There are several ways a person using violence may exploit their own substance use, or that of those around them, to gain more power. This is sometimes called ‘substance use coercion’.
Alcohol is a window into American history, from 17th-century rum production to young people’s declining interest in drinking today.
Norfolk Island green parrots are self-medicating with pepper tree bark and leaves, to rid themselves of parasites. But is there more to it? Birds are known to indulge in alcohol and take stimulants.
The ‘boozedoggle’ of a $225 million subsidy to The Beer Store to allow alcohol sales in corner stores misses the populist attack on unionized jobs.
Many medical conditions can affect prospective memory. But so can excessive alcohol use.
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Clinical assistant professor, University of Colorado Anschutz; Oregon Health & Science University
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Professor of Public Health Research, Co-Director of Crime and Security Research Institute and Director of the Violence Research Group, Cardiff University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology, Penn State
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Lecturer in Health Psychology, University of Bath
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia
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Professor of Public Health, Torrens University Australia
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Senior research fellow, Australian Institute of Family Studies
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Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bath
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Associate Professor in Mental Health & Addiction, School of Health Sciences, Massey University, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Physiology, Texas A&M University
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, Penn State