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Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders
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Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders

Abstract

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 chronic morbidity. Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are psychiatric syndromes characterized by impaired control over drinking and other symptoms. Contemporary aetiological perspectives on AUDs apply a biopsychosocial framework that emphasizes the interplay of genetics, …

Authors

MacKillop J; Agabio R; Feldstein Ewing SW; Heilig M; Kelly JF; Leggio L; Lingford-Hughes A; Palmer AA; Parry CD; Ray L

Journal

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Vol. 8, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

DOI

10.1038/s41572-022-00406-1

ISSN

2056-676X