- Addresses major health risk factor
- Update on alcohol use disorders ranging from addiction to other organ-related diseases
- Primary care and interd
Alcohol is one of the major risk factors for negative health outcomes worldwide. It accounts for more than 60 alcohol-related diseases, ranging from addiction, through liver cirrhosis, to cancer. Collectively, these conditions account for mortality and morbidity that make alcohol use one of the leading preventable causes of disability adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost globally.
In this book, an international faculty covers all aspects of alcohol-related disorders, ranging from addiction/alcohol use disorders (AUD) to alcohol-related diseases of other organs such as liver, heart or cancer. A special focus is to reach out to primary care physicians who are in the front line of this major health problem. The book also provides an update for addiction specialists, as well as specialists in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology.
The book is divided into sections that include epidemiology, alcohol use disorders and addiction, alcohol-related liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, primary care and interdisciplinary approaches and other alcohol-related diseases. Besides current diagnostic measures and treatment strategies, the book deals with the many underlying molecular and genetic mechanisms of alcohol toxicity. Novel insights include prospective data on all-cause mortality and the emerging major role of alcohol-mediated hemolysis and enhanced red blood cell turnover.
The book also aims at guiding policy makers to handle the topic of alcohol in our society more responsibly.
Contents Overview- Alcohol Consumption: Epidemiology, Policies and Legal Aspects
- Alcohol Addiction: Introduction and Diagnosis
- Treatment of Alcohol Addiction
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Structural and Functional Central Nervous System Pathology in Alcohol Addiction
- Risk Factors for Alcohol Addiction and Lessons from Basic Science
- Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Diagnosis
- Medical Aspects of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
- Molecular Mechanisms of Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
- Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
- Alcohol-Related Damage of Other Organs
- Alcohol and Cancer
- Center Experiences for the Interdisciplinary Management of Alcohol Use Disorders
