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Consistent with the findings in COMBINE, O'Malley and colleagues (2007) demonstrated that a 50-mg daily naltrexone regimen in combination with medical management also was effective in a rural Alaskan environment among alcohol-dependent individuals (primarily Alaska natives).

Medications for unhealthy alcohol use: across the spectrum

Scientists in the US investigated the genetics of 237 college student siblings who had one alcohol-dependent parent but were not alcoholics themselves.

A GENE that helps drink [...]

They recommend clinical interventions, targeting alcohol-dependent smokers, and policies that boost smoke-free homes and increase knowledge of harmful effects of smoking.

Factors associated with smoking cessation

Also alcohol-dependent patients may perceive their problems as more psychological than physical.

Relationship of life quality with severity of alcohol related problems in male alcohol dependent inpatients/Yatarak tedavi goren erkek alkol bagimlilarinda yasam kalitesinin alkolle baglantili sorunlarin siddeti ile iliskisi

A study by the company found that 44% of Welsh parents tested were alcohol-dependent, the highest reading in the UK and well above the 35% average.

HAIR OF THE GROG; Courts use strand test on boozers

(2-5) Biological and psychosocial differences between alcohol-dependent women and men now are understood to influence etiology, epidemiology, psychiatric and medical comorbidity, course of illness, and treatment outcomes.

Alcohol dependence in women: comorbidities can complicate treatment; screen for trauma history, mood and anxiety disorders, and treat them concurrently

Those real-life responses are the cravings sparked by virtual environments that are designed to be tempting to alcohol-dependent patients.

How Virtual Bars Help Alcoholics

An extended-release version of the anti-addiction medicine naltrexone reduces drinking in alcohol-dependent patients within two days of being injected, according to a new study.

An extended-release version of the anti-addiction medicine naltrexone reduces drinking in alcohol-dependent patients within two days of being injected, according to a new study

Previous articles in this series addressed the topics of facilitating the process of change through medication use; examining recent research on the approved medications for alcohol dependence; overcoming biases against greater use of medications in treating alcohol dependence; integrating medication into nonprescribing clinicians' treatment planning; and improving prescriber and nonprescriber collaboration to benefit the alcohol-dependent patient.

Pharmacotherapy: integrating new tools into practice

A PERSON with no family history of alcoholism can still become alcohol-dependent. There are no rules when it comes to alcohol abuse.

Dear MIRIAM: SCARED HE'LL APE DRUNKEN DAD

A commonly accepted notion held by counselors and theorists for the past 20 years is that persons raised by an alcohol-dependent parent may have clinically different personality traits than those not raised under the same conditions.

Testing hypothesized differences between adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) and non-ACOAs in a college student sample

The brains of alcohol-dependent individuals are affected not only by their own heavy drinking, but also by genetic or environmental factors associated with their parentsa[euro](tm) drinking, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Study Finds Reduced Brain Growth in Alcoholics with Family Drinking History - February 21, 2007