Subgroup Identification in Personalized 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

The Genoa Method in Alcohol Dependence Treatment

Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem in Europe, resulting in 3.8% of all deaths and 4.6% of years of life lost due to disability [1]. The overall cost of alcoholic disease is more than that of smoking tobacco [1, 2]. Currently in the European Union, only 10% of alcohol dependence (AD) patients are treated. In the United States, this happens in 25% of cases [1]. It is evident tha...

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.