- Many people are aware that heavy drinking during pregnancy can result in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
- Recent analysis shows that even light to moderate drinking early in the pregnancy, especially the second trimester, can significantly predict deficits in IQ at age 10 among offspring…
Light-to-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to cognitive deficits 10 years later
Stress, alcoholics, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Alcoholics without PTSD had a blunted biological stress response, and greater chance of relapse
- Stress is believed to contribute to the initiation, development and/or maintenance of alcohol problems.
- New findings indicate that alcoholics with and without post-traumatic…
Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy
- Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can be harmful to the fetus.
- Recent analysis shows that alcohol consumption among women of child-bearing age (18 to 44 years) remains at levels of concern, particularly among women younger than 30 years of age.
- Two groups are…
Individuals with a family history of alcoholism: will they too become alcoholics?
Those who are male and have behavioral disinhibition have the highest risk of developing alcoholism
- Individuals with a family history of alcoholism (FH+) have a greater risk of developing alcoholism themselves than do persons with no family history.
- FH+ individuals who…
Daughters of alcoholics
During the last decade, most of the research on genetic and environmental variables relevant to children of alcoholics has focused on the sons of alcoholics. In contrast, symposium participants at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Vancouver, Canada in June…