Alcohol abuse and dependence

Psychopathology in adolescent alcohol abuse and dependence.

Adolescents who abuse or are dependent on alcohol often have coexisting mental disorders. These disorders may both precipitate alcohol use disorders and result from them. In addition, both types of disorders may arise independently in adolescents at high risk. Mental disorders that commonly co-occur with alcohol use disorders in adolescents include antisocial disorders, mood disorders, and anxi...

Treatment of Adolescent Alcohol Abuse and Dependence

A abuse and alcohol de­ pendence1 are not only adult problems. They also affect a significant portion of adoles­ cents between the ages of 12 and 18, even though the purchase and public use of alcohol are illegal for them. Diagnosis and treatment of these disorders are important because alcohol­related problems can have an enormous impact on the adolescents’ future. Early alcohol abuse can lead...

Alcohol Abuse/Dependence and Depression: Double Trouble

Alcohol Abuse and Oral Cancer

Background: Various medical, psychiatric and social problems affecting alcohol abuser tend to overshadow their oral health. From an epidemiologic viewpoint, chronic consumption of alcoholic beverages is associated with an increased risk for the upper gastrointestinal tract cancer, and tobacco and alcohol are regarded as the major risk factors for oral cancer. The objective of this presentation ...

Alcohol, Cannabinoids, and Opioids Abuse and Dependence Among Psychiatric Inpatients

BACKGROUND While substance abuse among psychiatric patients is a widely known problem in clinical practice, there is no local study about prevalence and co-occurrence of substance abuse in north of Iran. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to determine the frequency of smoking, alcohol, opioid and cannabinoid substances, and prescription medicines abuse or dependence among Psychiatric I...