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U.S. Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manuals
Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manuals are statistical compendia of alcohol-related data useful to researchers and others interested in alcohol problems. PDF files are available for all the manuals; and machine-readable data files are available for manual volumes 1, 3, and 5 from the links provided below on this page. Hard copies are available for NIH Publication No. 02-4997 and manual...
NIAAA at 50: A Legacy of Advancing Alcohol Research
Established in 1970, NIAAA today is the world’s largest funder of alcohol research—supporting innovative basic, translational, and clinical research to advance the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and alcohol-related problems. Today we know more about how alcohol affects the brain and body than ever before, thanks largely to the determined and uncompromising efforts of the talented...
Generalidades sobre el alcohol y el cerebro
El alcohol interfiere con las vías de comunicación del cerebro y puede afectar la forma en que este se ve y funciona. El alcohol hace que sea más difícil para las áreas del cerebro que controlan el equilibrio, la memoria, el habla y el juicio hacer su trabajo, lo que resulta en una mayor probabilidad de lesiones y otros resultados...
El alcohol y el cerebro del adolescente
A medida que los adolescentes maduran, se producen cambios complejos en su desarrollo, especialmente en sus cerebros. Estos cambios generalizados en la organización y el funcionamiento del cerebro, que continúan hasta mediados de los 20 años, dan lugar a las habilidades cognitivas, emocionales y sociales necesarias para que los adolescentes sobrevivan y prosperen. La índole de estos rápidos cambios puede...
Alcohol and Young Adults Ages 18 to 25
Prevalence of Alcohol Use Prevalence of Past-Month Drinking According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 17.5 million young adults ages 18 to 25 (50.2% in this age group) reported that they drank alcohol in the past month. 1,2 This includes: 8.5 million males ages 18 to 25 (48.6% in this age group) 1,2 9.0 million...
Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System (AEDS) Re-competition
Brad Kerridge, Ph.D. May 09, 2023 Background The Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System (AEDS) is a contract-funded effort in support of the NIAAA mission to provide in-house statistical analysis and programming support for use by NIAAA staff who are conducting alcohol-related epidemiologic research. The current AEDS contract is administered by CSR, Inc. and provides NIAAA staff technical support including expert statistical...

Directors Reports

NIAAA Director's Report on Institute Activities to the 155th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Virtual Meeting Table of Contents NIAAA BUDGET DIRECTOR'S ACTIVITIES NIAAA COMMITMENT TO REDRESSING INEQUITITES IN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY NIAAA COVID-19 RESPONSE STAFF TRANSITIONS RECENTLY ISSUED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOTABLE NIAAA STAFF ACTIVITIES WHAT'S AHEAD? NIH RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS NIAAA COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES NIAAA BUDGET Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 In FY 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) received a total of $41.6...

Directors Reports

NIAAA Director's Report on Institute Activities to the 155th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Virtual Meeting Table of Contents NIAAA BUDGET DIRECTOR'S ACTIVITIES NIAAA COMMITMENT TO REDRESSING INEQUITITES IN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY NIAAA COVID-19 RESPONSE STAFF TRANSITIONS RECENTLY ISSUED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NOTABLE NIAAA STAFF ACTIVITIES WHAT'S AHEAD? NIH RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS NIAAA COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES NIAAA BUDGET Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 In FY 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) received a total of...

Directors Reports

NIAAA Director's Report on Institute Activities to the 154th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Virtual Meeting Table of Contents NIAAA BUDGET DIRECTOR'S ACTIVITIES STAFF TRANSITIONS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM RECENTLY ISSUED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NOTABLE NIAAA STAFF ACTIVITIES NIH RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS NIAAA COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES NIAAA BUDGET Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 NIAAA closed FY 2019 on September 30, 2019; the final FY 2019 appropriation for NIAAA was $525.6 million. This...

Directors Reports

NIAAA Director's Report on Institute Activities to the 156th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Virtual Meeting Table of Contents IN MEMORIAM NIAAA BUDGET NIAAA DIRECTOR'S ACTIVITIES STAFF TRANSITIONS RECENTLY ISSUED FUNDING OPPORTUNITYANNOUNCEMENTS NOTABLE NIAAA STAFF ACTIVITIES WHAT'S AHEAD? NI RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS NIAAA COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC LIAISON ACTIVITIES IN MEMORIAM Kathleen (Kathy) Carroll, Ph.D. , passed away in December 2020. Dr. Carroll was a clinical scientist in the Yale Department of Psychiatry who made seminal...

Directors Reports

NIAAA Director's Report on Institute Activities to the 157th Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Virtual Meeting Table of Contents IN MEMORIAM NIAAA BUDGET HONORS AND AWARDS STAFF TRANSITIONS RECENTLY ISSUED FUNDING OPPORTUNITYANNOUNCEMENTS NIAAA DIRECTOR'S ACTIVITIES NOTABLE NIAAA STAFF ACTIVITIES WHAT'S AHEAD? NIAAA RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS NIAAA COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC LIAISON ACTIVITIES IN MEMORIAM Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., passed away in March 2021. Dr. Kreek contributed enormously to the study of addiction, and her work has...

Event

National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day
Monday, January 22, 2018, 12:00 am EST
Join us for DRUGS & ALCOHOL CHAT DAY to be held on January 22, 2018 , during National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week SM National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day is an annual live online chat held between high school students and NIDA and NIAAA scientists during National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week SM Students from around the country ask...

News Release

Molecule Repairs Alcohol Metabolism Enzyme
For Release

An experimental compound repaired a defective alcohol metabolism enzyme that affects an estimated 1 billion people worldwide, according to research supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The findings, published Jan. 10, 2010 in the advance online edition of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, suggest the possibility of a treatment to reduce the health problems associated...

Event

Twitter Chat - Alcohol Use Disorder
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 12:00 pm EDT to Thursday, October 24, 2019, 3:00 pm EDT

Join @NIAAANews along with @ASAMorg and @TreatmentWeek , as we partner for a chat on Alcohol Use Disorder ( #AUD ) on Thurs., 10/24, at 12noon ET #AlcoholChat #TreatmentWeek

Announcement

Alcohol use disorder and depression

The latest article from Alcohol Research Current Reviews explores co-occurrence of alcohol use disorder and depression. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depressive disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and co-occur more often than expected by chance. Studies have indicated that the co-occurrence of AUD and depressive disorders is associated with greater severity and worse prognosis for both disorders...

Announcement

Interactions between stress and alcohol

The latest article from Alcohol Research Current Reviews explores interactions between stress and alcohol. Some people drink alcohol for stress relief, but alcohol can actually activate stress systems in the brain, acting as a stressor itself. This review article describes 1) the effects of stress on alcohol drinking and 2) how alcohol interacts with biological stress systems. Findings from animal...

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