Screening for alcohol use may help identify patients that should receive further screening for adverse mental health conditions and other substance use. Investigators found high alcohol used scores ...

Is Your Alcohol Use Out of Control? No one sets out to become addicted, and no brain malfunction causes addiction. Some substances have such rewarding effects that they provide compelling incentives ...

According to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration national survey, 23.5 million Americans needed treatment for drug or alcohol addiction in 2011. However, the survey showed that ...

Why do we care whether alcoholism is in bad genes or sowed dreams? Because knowing who is at risk by genetic prodisposition save lots of lives. If addiction is inscribed in our DNA then the ...