Treatment of Alcohol Dependence

Alcohol Dependence--neurobiology and Treatment.

The consequences of alcohol dependence concern serious health care, social and economic problems. The scope of many studies is to better understand mechanisms underlying alcohol addiction in order to work out new, more effective treatment strategies. Alcohol affects many neurotransmission systems within the brain. In general, acute alcohol enhances inhibitory transmission, up-regulating the GAB...

Alcohol Dependence Medication Treatment Algorithm

Treatment of Alcohol Dependence With Medications

451 In recent years, the development of new medications to treat alcohol dependence, representing the combined efforts of neuroscientists and clinical researchers, has begun a new era in alcoholism treatment. Until 1995, the only medical treatment approved for use in the United States (disulfiram) simply provoked intense physical symptoms such as vomiting upon the ingestion of alcohol. In contr...

Medications for the treatment of alcohol dependence.

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...