Alcohol use disorders

AF Carvalho, M Heilig, A Perez, C Probst, J Rehm - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Alcohol use disorders consist of disorders characterised by compulsive heavy alcohol use
and loss of control over alcohol intake. Alcohol use disorders are some of the most prevalent …

Alcohol and dementia–what is the link? A systematic review

C Wiegmann, I Mick, EJ Brandl, A Heinz… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Dementia is a globally increasing health issue and since no cure is currently
available, prevention is crucial. The consumption of alcohol is a controversially discussed …

Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

GM Goodwin, PM Haddad, IN Ferrier… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines specify the scope and targets of
treatment for bipolar disorder. The third version is based explicitly on the available evidence …

Years of life lost due to the psychosocial consequences of COVID-19 mitigation strategies based on Swiss data

DA Moser, J Glaus, S Frangou, DS Schechter - European Psychiatry, 2020 - cambridge.org
Background. The pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has forced
governments to implement strict social mitigation strategies to reduce the morbidity and …

Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens in the treatment of severe alcohol use disorder: a phase I pilot trial

B Davidson, P Giacobbe, TP George, SM Nestor… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a highly prevalent, often refractory, medical illness. The
symptoms of AUD are driven by dysfunction in several neurocircuits centered on the nucleus …

Mortality among persons with obsessive-compulsive disorder in Denmark

SM Meier, M Mattheisen, O Mors, DE Schendel… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Several mental disorders have consistently been found to be associated with
decreased life expectancy, but little is known about whether this is also the case for …

Prospective validation study of the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS) in medically ill inpatients: a new scale for the prediction of complicated …

JR Maldonado, Y Sher, S Das… - Alcohol and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aims The prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among hospitalized medically ill
patients exceeds 40%. Most AUD patients experience uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal …

Epigenetic aging is accelerated in alcohol use disorder and regulated by genetic variation in APOL2

A Luo, J Jung, M Longley, DB Rosoff… - …, 2020 - nature.com
To investigate the potential role of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in aging processes, we
employed Levine's epigenetic clock (DNAm PhenoAge) to estimate DNA methylation age in …

Mortality trends in cardiovascular causes in schizophrenia, bipolar and unipolar mood disorder in Sweden 1987–2010

U Ösby, J Westman, J Hällgren… - The European Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: People with severe mental illness have increased risk for premature mortality
and thus a shorter life expectancy. Relative death rates are used to show the excess …

Alcohol use disorders and associated chronic disease–a national retrospective cohort study from France

M Schwarzinger, SP Thiébaut, S Baillot, V Mallet… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Evidence on diseases caused by or associated with alcohol use disorders
(AUDs) has been based on two meta-analyses including rather dated studies. The objective …