Alcoholism and alcohol drinking in general represent huge public health problems in most countries worldwide, preventing many individuals from successfully holding a job or looking after a family. In ...

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Alcoholism is one of the most common psychiatric disorders with a prevalence of 8 to 14 percent. This heritable disease is frequently accompanied by other substance abuse disorders (particularly ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — You don’t have to be a drinker for your brain to be affected by alcoholism. A new study shows that just having a parent with an alcohol use disorder affects how your brain ...

Alcohol use has a unique geographic and sex pattern, the WHO says. It exacts the largest toll on men in Africa, in middle-income countries in the Americas, and in some high-income countries.Alcohol ...

Many things can lead people to reach for a bottle of alcohol. A new study found that having high expectations of one’s self could be one of them. The study, conducted by researchers in Belgium and ...

Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused substances, and men are up to twice as likely to develop alcoholism as women. Until now, the underlying biology contributing to this difference in ...

The comedian Mitch Hedberg once joked that alcoholism “is the only disease you can get yelled at for having.” Indeed, addiction to alcohol has been understood in many different ways: as a medical ...

Narcissism and alcoholism are different conditions, but they can occur simultaneously and may share some overlapping symptoms. While both conditions can be challenging, certain approaches can help ...