Domenic Ciraulo, MD, chair of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and David H. Barlow, PhD, professor of psychology…

New research reports that liver transplant recipients who receive substance abuse treatment before and after transplantation have much lower alcohol relapse rates than those untreated or only treated prior…

Many underage smokers and drinkers get their cigarettes and alcohol from family or friends, according to a Canadian study released Tuesday.

Researchers at the Center for Addiction…

Men’s and women’s drinking habits could provide hints about their risk of being in a violent relationship, a new study suggests.

Men who regularly drank at parties at their friends’ houses…

Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are twice as likely to have smoked than their heterosexual peers, according to…

Four alcohol brands - Patron tequila, Hennessy cognac, Grey Goose vodka, and Jack Daniel’s whiskey - accounted for more than half of alcohol brand mentions in the songs that mentioned…

Part of the risk for alcohol dependence is genetic, and the same is true for eating disorders. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found…

Canadian high schools with anti-homophobia policies or gay-straight alliances (GSAs) that have been in place for three years or more have a positive effect on both gay and straight…

There are two traits closely associated with the development of alcohol use disorders (AUDs). One is a lower subjective intoxication response, also known as a…

Research from McGill University suggests that people who are vulnerable to developing alcoholism exhibit a distinctive brain response when drinking alcohol, according to a new study by…

Epidemiological studies have revealed that historical differences between men and women in substance use – such as lifetime dependence rates, and quantities…

Previous research has shown that white, compared to black, adolescents have higher rates of alcohol use, and show more rapid increases in alcohol use. Yet little…

The combination of smoking and heavy drinking speeds up cognitive decline, according to new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

Researchers from UCL (University College…

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that young people who show impulsive tendencies are more prone to drinking heavily at an early age.

The research…

Questions about alcohol use should be a part of regular physical checkups, according to a panel of experts.

About 21% of American adults admit that they engage in…

For any addiction, external cues and stress can trigger cravings that are hard to resist, and the latest research points to an area of the brain…

Alcohol-related aggression is estimated to be involved in half of all assaults globally. In addition, alcohol-related aggression is most likely to occur among young males…

An acute dose of alcohol may cause greater impairment in coordination, learning and memory in the elderly than in young people,…

For heavy drinkers in treatment for domestic violence problems, an extra therapy session targeting alcohol abuse may help to speed overall improvement in violent behavior, according to a new study.

Research done at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has determined the frequency of genetic variants linked to alcoholism for the Spanish population, and its incidence…

Increasing the minimum price of alcohol by 10 percent can lead to immediate and significant drops in drink-related deaths and may also have long-term beneficial health effects, according…

A new study made available online today in ‘Addiction’ shows that, between 2002 and 2009, the percentage of deaths caused by…

People who grew up in states where it was legal to drink alcohol before age 21 are more likely to be binge drinkers later in life, according to a…

American Indians are at much greater risk of suicide after acute alcohol intoxication, according to a study led by researchers at The University of…

To predict whether a problem drinker will hit the bottle again, ignore what they say and watch their body language for displays of shame, a University of British Columbia…