Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 22, 2026

Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Vapor Exposure Paired with Two-Bottle Choice to Model Alcohol Use Disorder
Published on: June 23, 2023
Alcoholism: diagnosis, prognosis, epidemiology, and burden of the disease
Thomas P Beresford1, Narin Wongngamnit2, Benjamin A Temple3
1Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA; Laboratory for Clinical and Translational Research in Psychiatry, Department of Veterans Affairs, Denver, CO, USA.
Abstract:
To the clinician, alcoholism can appear as an amorphous entity that is confusing with respect to diagnosis, treatment prognosis, and the role of the health professional, despite its high incidence and associated morbidities and mortality when unrecognized or untreated. This chapter focuses on the clinical application of current knowledge, with the aim of being useful to the practitioner in working directly with patients for whom alcoholism may or may not be an already identified problem. It briefly reviews large-scale studies and then focuses on diagnosis and prognosis assessment and decision making. Also considered are current controversies in nomenclature and the chapter ends with an economic perspective with respect to healthcare and cost to society. As the introductory chapter, the goal is to provide a context of the scope of alcoholism and attendant problems for the rest of the chapters.
More Related Videos
07:31Murine Drinking Models in the Development of Pharmacotherapies for Alcoholism: Drinking in the Dark and Two-bottle Choice
Published on: January 7, 2019
08:45Modeling Alcohol Consumption in Rodents Using Two-Bottle Choice Home Cage Drinking and Microstructural Analysis
Published on: November 8, 2024
Related Concept Videos
CNS Depressants: Alcohol and Nicotine
Stress Prevention and Stress Management Techniques IV
Chronic Pancreatitis II: Pathophysiology
Alzheimer Disease l: Introduction
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Hypothesis Test for Test of Independence
H0: The two variables (factors)...