More Paths to Successful Sobriety than Just Alcoholics Anonymous, Says New Study Alternative Mutual Help Groups are Viable Options to Traditional 12-step Groups People with an alcohol use disorder who participated in alternative mutual help groups had abstinence outcomes equivalent to those who participated in traditional 12-step groups at the same level, a new study from Senior Scientist and Center Associate Director Sarah E. Zemore and colleagues. This is the first longitudinal, … [Read more...]
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AUD Risks & Poor Neighborhoods
In studying emerging adults who lived in deprived neighborhoods when they were children, Scientist Katherine Karriker-Jaffe and colleagues found indirect pathways that mediated the risk for developing alcohol use disorders (AUD). Such pathways included success in school during adolescence, and being engaged in higher education, gainful employment or military service when they were older. The study used population registry data from Sweden and assessed over 452,000 males and 431,000 females … [Read more...]
Drinking and Diabetes Risk
Low rates of drinking may protect overweight women from developing diabetes while heavy drinking increases risk for all women Women who were overweight and abstained from lifetime drinking were three times more likely to develop diabetes compared with normal weight women who consumed seven or less alcohol drinks per week (low-volume), a new study from Senior Scientist and lead author, William C. Kerr and colleagues, found. No evidence of reduced risk was found for normal weight or obese women … [Read more...]
Social Networks, Poverty, & Relapse Risk
Problem drinkers with friends who drink and who live in poor neighborhoods are more likely to relapse after treatment The number of people in your social network who drink increases the risk of relapse following treatment and this risk is even greater if you live in a disadvantaged neighborhood, a new study from the Alcohol Research Group, a project of the Public Health institute, found. Study participants were recruited from abstinence-based outpatient programs and participated in follow-up … [Read more...]
In the News: Alcohol Warning Labels
Booze warning labels worked in U.S., says researcher after Yukon study yanked warning labels Laura Kane, The Canadian Press A United States researcher involved in a study on alcohol warning labels in Yukon that was halted after pushback from the liquor industry says caution messages have proven effective elsewhere. Thomas Greenfield, a leading scientist investigating the impacts of liquor on human health, says warning labels in the United States have increased awareness around drunk … [Read more...]
Infrequent Drinkers Not Immune from Injury
Even one intoxication event can increase the risk of injury, a new study from ARG Senior Scientist and lead author Cheryl J. Cherpitel and colleagues found. Injury risk peaked at one hour of a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.05 or higher and at one day with five or more drinks and remained at about the same level for more frequent heavy drinkers. Many counties use a BAC of 0.05 or more to determine drinking driving offenses and Utah will become the first US state to set this limit in … [Read more...]
2017 Year in Review
2017 was a great year at the Alcohol Research Group. In our mission to improve public health through a greater understanding of how alcohol and other drug use affects individuals, families, and our communities, we published almost 46 articles in peer-reviewed journals, worked on 30 different studies, collaborated with 35 countries, and presented 31 papers at conferences around the world. Here's a look back at what we accomplished with support from our funders, collaborators, and partner … [Read more...]
Young Adults’ Heavy Drinking Rates Change
According to a study from ARG Research Associate, Edwina Williams, MPH, and colleagues, when comparing heavy drinking trajectories between two cohorts, trajectories for Hispanics and Whites of both sexes have changed over time. However, Hispanic and White women in the younger cohort saw the greatest increase in heavy drinking compared to other groups. Data from the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used to model heavy drinking frequency from ages 17-31. It … [Read more...]
Effects of Marriage Recognition on Health
Congratulations to ARG Scientist Karen Trocki who received funding to explore the positive impact of the legal recognition of same-sex marriage on sexual minority women's health. Previous research has found strong associations between supportive policies, such as marriage recognition, and improved health outcomes among sexual minorities, however, gaps in understanding specific psycho-social factors remain. Karen Trocki, PhD In collaboration with Professor Laurie Drabble from San Jose … [Read more...]
Training Program Alumni: Where Are They Now?
Since 1971, ARG's Training Program, in partnership the School of Public Health at the University of California Berkeley, has mentored and nurtured over 280 pre- and post-doctoral fellows. Many have gone on to serve the research community as faculty at universities, scientists at other institutions, while others have continued as scientists at ARG. To highlight the incredible contribution this NIAAA-funded program has provided to the field of alcohol- and other drug-related research, we … [Read more...]
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