Alcohol-Related Disorders
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Toward national estimates of alcohol use disorders among drivers: results from the National Roadside Survey Pilot Program.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether drivers contacted at the roadside can be screened for alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Secondarily, to produce preliminary estimates of AUDs among drivers and estimate the relationship between AUD status and BAC measured ... Read more...

Women, alcohol, and the military: cultural changes and reductions in later alcohol problems among female veterans.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Women working in traditionally male-dominated environments are at higher risk for alcohol use disorders (AUDs). The male-dominated U.S. military has additional risk factors associated with problem drinking, including isolation from family ... Read more...

Oxcarbazepine in combination with Tiaprid in inpatient alcohol-withdrawal--a RCT.

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: Oxcarbazepine (OXC), a derivative of Carbamazepine (CBZ), may represent a solution to metabolic and side effects of CBZ treatment due to the fact that renal excretion is its major route of elimination. The goal of the study is to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alcohol-Related Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Alcohol misuse among the elderly: an opportunity for prevention. 29 Sep 2009
• Toward national estimates of alcohol use disorders among drivers: results from the National Roadside Survey Pilot Program. 29 Sep 2009
• Women, alcohol, and the military: cultural changes and reductions in later alcohol problems among female veterans. 30 Aug 2009
• Oxcarbazepine in combination with Tiaprid in inpatient alcohol-withdrawal--a RCT. 30 Aug 2009
• [Talking about alcohol. "A guidebook to the art of communication at a spiritual level"] 30 Aug 2009
• Association between number of deployments to Iraq and mental health screening outcomes in US Army soldiers. 9 Aug 2009
• A brief measure of perceived clinician support by patients with bipolar spectrum disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Alcohol-related mortality in Ukraine. 29 Jun 2009
• Attrition bias in a U.S. Internet survey of alcohol use among college freshmen. 29 Jun 2009
• Binge drinking in women at risk for developing eating disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Alcohol screening and brief intervention in a college student health center: a randomized controlled trial. 29 Jun 2009
• Common ground: an investigation of environmental management alcohol prevention initiatives in a college community. 29 Jun 2009
• Screening for high-risk drinking in a college student health center: characterizing students based on quantity, frequency, and harms. 29 Jun 2009
• Magnitude of and trends in alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among U.S. college students ages 18-24, 1998-2005. 29 Jun 2009
• NIAAA's rapid response to college drinking problems initiative: reinforcing the use of evidence-based approaches in college alcohol prevention. 29 Jun 2009
• Preventing risky drinking in first-year college women: further validation of a female-specific motivational-enhancement group intervention. 29 Jun 2009
• A randomized trial of a parent-based intervention on drinking behavior among incoming college freshmen. 29 Jun 2009
• Assessing the effectiveness of peer-facilitated interventions addressing high-risk drinking among judicially mandated college students. 29 Jun 2009
• Trial of the university assistance program for alcohol use among mandated students. 29 Jun 2009
• An evaluation of college online alcohol-policy information: 2007 compared with 2002. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Alcohol-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related to or resulting from abuse or mis-use of alcohol.

Descriptor UI: D019973

Alternative terms: Alcohol-Related Disorders; Alcohol Related Disorders; Alcohol-Related Disorder; Disorder, Alcohol-Related; Disorders, Alcohol-Related;

Related Mesh Headings: Psychoses, Alcoholic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.100; F03.900.100;

History Note: 98