Alcohol is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive drugs globally. Hazardous
drinking, defined by quantity and frequency of consumption, is associated with acute and …

The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism (COGA) is a multisite,
multidisciplinary project with the goal of identifying how genes are involved in alcohol use …

Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are commonly occurring, heritable and polygenic disorders
with etiological origins in the brain and the environment. To outline the causes and …

The present study examined putative environmental predictors of adolescent substance use,
using a prospective adoption design to distinguish between environmental mediation (ie …

Abstract Alcohol Use Disorder is a complex genetic disorder, involving genetic, neural, and
environmental factors, and their interactions. The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of …

Individual differences in child and adolescent social development are due to a combination
of variation in genetic propensity and environmental conditions. That is, variation in social …

Although within-and between-family bidirectional associations between parental knowledge
and children's externalizing behavior have been theoretically proposed, studies that unravel …

Background Researchers have identified genetic and neural risk factors for externalizing
behaviors. However, it has not yet been determined if genetic liability is conferred in part …

Background: Cannabis use is associated with outcomes like income, legal problems, and
psychopathology. This finding rests largely on correlational research designs, which rely at …

Much research has demonstrated that psychopathology can be described in terms of broad
dimensions, representing liability for multiple psychiatric disorders. Broad spectra of …