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Problematic alcohol consumption

MedGen UID:
1051330
•Concept ID:
CN375759
•
Finding
Synonym: Excessive alcohol consumption
 
HPO: HP:5200329

Definition

Impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVProblematic alcohol consumption

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Health Care: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?
Rehm J, Anderson P, Manthey J, Shield KD, Struzzo P, Wojnar M, Gual A
Alcohol Alcohol 2016 Jul;51(4):422-7. Epub 2015 Nov 15 doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agv127. PMID: 26574600
Alcohol: prevention, policy and primary care responses.
Pennay A, Lubman DI, Frei M
Aust Fam Physician 2014 Jun;43(6):356-61. PMID: 24897983
Identification, prevention, and treatment revisited: individual-focused college drinking prevention strategies 1999-2006.
Larimer ME, Cronce JM
Addict Behav 2007 Nov;32(11):2439-68. Epub 2007 May 17 doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.05.006. PMID: 17604915

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Alcohol consumption and COVID-19 in Europe: how the pandemic hit the weak.
Matone A, Ghirini S, Gandin C, Scafato E; European Study Group on Alcohol Use and COVID-19
Ann Ist Super Sanita 2022 Jan-Mar;58(1):6-15. doi: 10.4415/ANN_22_01_02. PMID: 35324469
Alcohol Consumption and Bipolar Disorder in a Colombian Population Sample.
Castillo M A, Rincon V MC, Serna H V, Bersh S
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed) 2020 Jan-Mar;49(1):44-52. Epub 2018 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2018.03.003. PMID: 32081208
Dispositional Disinhibition and Alcohol Use Disorders: Personality, Risk Appraisal and Problematic Alcohol Consumption.
Satchell LP, Johnson HL, Hudson CA, Harper CA
Subst Use Misuse 2020;55(2):209-217. Epub 2019 Dec 17 doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1662809. PMID: 31847657
Problematic alcohol consumption in homeless Australians: A narrative review of the causes, barriers to receiving help and possible solutions.
Scholes G
Health Promot J Austr 2020 Apr;31(2):279-286. Epub 2019 Sep 5 doi: 10.1002/hpja.289. PMID: 31446632
Adolescence and Alcohol: a review of the literature.
Skala K, Walter H
Neuropsychiatr 2013;27(4):202-11. Epub 2013 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s40211-013-0066-6. PMID: 23839238

Diagnosis

Reducing problematic alcohol use in employees: economic evaluation of guided and unguided web-based interventions alongside a three-arm randomized controlled trial.
Buntrock C, Freund J, Smit F, Riper H, Lehr D, Boß L, Berking M, Ebert DD
Addiction 2022 Mar;117(3):611-622. Epub 2021 Nov 6 doi: 10.1111/add.15718. PMID: 34648235
Alcohol Consumption and Bipolar Disorder in a Colombian Population Sample.
Castillo M A, Rincon V MC, Serna H V, Bersh S
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed) 2020 Jan-Mar;49(1):44-52. Epub 2018 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2018.03.003. PMID: 32081208
Dispositional Disinhibition and Alcohol Use Disorders: Personality, Risk Appraisal and Problematic Alcohol Consumption.
Satchell LP, Johnson HL, Hudson CA, Harper CA
Subst Use Misuse 2020;55(2):209-217. Epub 2019 Dec 17 doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1662809. PMID: 31847657
Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Health Care: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?
Rehm J, Anderson P, Manthey J, Shield KD, Struzzo P, Wojnar M, Gual A
Alcohol Alcohol 2016 Jul;51(4):422-7. Epub 2015 Nov 15 doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agv127. PMID: 26574600
The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care: a Systematic Review : Alcohol and the HIV Continuum of Care.
Vagenas P, Azar MM, Copenhaver MM, Springer SA, Molina PE, Altice FL
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2015 Dec;12(4):421-36. doi: 10.1007/s11904-015-0285-5. PMID: 26412084Free PMC Article

Therapy

Problematic alcohol use in post-bariatric patients - a qualitative study.
Tvedt H, Stokke R, Lid TG, Selbekk AS
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2023 Jan 17;143(1) Epub 2023 Jan 4 doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0449. PMID: 36655967
Reducing problematic alcohol use in employees: economic evaluation of guided and unguided web-based interventions alongside a three-arm randomized controlled trial.
Buntrock C, Freund J, Smit F, Riper H, Lehr D, Boß L, Berking M, Ebert DD
Addiction 2022 Mar;117(3):611-622. Epub 2021 Nov 6 doi: 10.1111/add.15718. PMID: 34648235
Adolescence and Alcohol: a review of the literature.
Skala K, Walter H
Neuropsychiatr 2013;27(4):202-11. Epub 2013 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s40211-013-0066-6. PMID: 23839238
Behavioral and neurochemical studies in distinct animal models of ethanol's motivational effects.
Camarini R, Pautassi RM, Méndez M, Quadros IM, Souza-Formigoni ML, Boerngen-Lacerda R
Curr Drug Abuse Rev 2010 Dec;3(4):205-21. doi: 10.2174/1874473711003040205. PMID: 21208169
Is there an association between alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted diseases? A systematic review.
Cook RL, Clark DB
Sex Transm Dis 2005 Mar;32(3):156-64. doi: 10.1097/01.olq.0000151418.03899.97. PMID: 15729152

Prognosis

Alcohol Consumption and Bipolar Disorder in a Colombian Population Sample.
Castillo M A, Rincon V MC, Serna H V, Bersh S
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed) 2020 Jan-Mar;49(1):44-52. Epub 2018 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2018.03.003. PMID: 32081208
Dispositional Disinhibition and Alcohol Use Disorders: Personality, Risk Appraisal and Problematic Alcohol Consumption.
Satchell LP, Johnson HL, Hudson CA, Harper CA
Subst Use Misuse 2020;55(2):209-217. Epub 2019 Dec 17 doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1662809. PMID: 31847657
College-Related Alcohol Beliefs and Problematic Alcohol Consumption: Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies as a Mediator.
Bravo AJ, Prince MA, Pearson MR
Subst Use Misuse 2017 Jul 3;52(8):1059-1068. Epub 2017 Mar 21 doi: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1271985. PMID: 28323551Free PMC Article
Relationships between problematic alcohol consumption and delinquent behaviour from adolescence to young adulthood.
Miller PG, Butler E, Richardson B, Staiger PK, Youssef GJ, Macdonald JA, Sanson A, Edwards B, Olsson CA
Drug Alcohol Rev 2016 May;35(3):317-25. Epub 2015 Oct 23 doi: 10.1111/dar.12345. PMID: 26494311
Adolescence and Alcohol: a review of the literature.
Skala K, Walter H
Neuropsychiatr 2013;27(4):202-11. Epub 2013 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s40211-013-0066-6. PMID: 23839238

Clinical prediction guides

Language-based EMA assessments help understand problematic alcohol consumption.
Nilsson AH, Schwartz HA, Rosenthal RN, McKay JR, Vu H, Cho YM, Mahwish S, Ganesan AV, Ungar L
PLoS One 2024;19(3):e0298300. Epub 2024 Mar 6 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298300. PMID: 38446796Free PMC Article
Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of tobacco and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged adults.
Boua PR, Soo CC, Debpuur C, Maposa I, Nkoana S, Mohamed SF, Choma S, Oduro A, Asiki G, Micklesfield LK, Gómez-Olivé FX, Sorgho H, Mall S, Ramsay M; as members of AWI-Gen and the H3Africa Consortium
BMC Public Health 2021 Jun 12;21(1):1126. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11084-1. PMID: 34118914Free PMC Article
Dispositional Disinhibition and Alcohol Use Disorders: Personality, Risk Appraisal and Problematic Alcohol Consumption.
Satchell LP, Johnson HL, Hudson CA, Harper CA
Subst Use Misuse 2020;55(2):209-217. Epub 2019 Dec 17 doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1662809. PMID: 31847657
College-Related Alcohol Beliefs and Problematic Alcohol Consumption: Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies as a Mediator.
Bravo AJ, Prince MA, Pearson MR
Subst Use Misuse 2017 Jul 3;52(8):1059-1068. Epub 2017 Mar 21 doi: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1271985. PMID: 28323551Free PMC Article
Relationships between problematic alcohol consumption and delinquent behaviour from adolescence to young adulthood.
Miller PG, Butler E, Richardson B, Staiger PK, Youssef GJ, Macdonald JA, Sanson A, Edwards B, Olsson CA
Drug Alcohol Rev 2016 May;35(3):317-25. Epub 2015 Oct 23 doi: 10.1111/dar.12345. PMID: 26494311

Recent systematic reviews

Patients' perceptions of the mechanisms underlying alcohol use problems after bariatric surgery: A qualitative systematic review.
Er E, Durieux N, Vander Haegen M, Flahault C, Etienne AM
Clin Obes 2023 Feb;13(1):e12551. Epub 2022 Sep 12 doi: 10.1111/cob.12551. PMID: 36096544
Health behaviours of forensic mental health service users, in relation to smoking, alcohol consumption, dietary behaviours and physical activity-A mixed methods systematic review.
Pedersen ALW, Lindekilde CR, Andersen K, Hjorth P, Gildberg FA
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2021 Jun;28(3):444-461. Epub 2020 Oct 11 doi: 10.1111/jpm.12688. PMID: 32916759
Problematic alcohol consumption in homeless Australians: A narrative review of the causes, barriers to receiving help and possible solutions.
Scholes G
Health Promot J Austr 2020 Apr;31(2):279-286. Epub 2019 Sep 5 doi: 10.1002/hpja.289. PMID: 31446632
The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care: a Systematic Review : Alcohol and the HIV Continuum of Care.
Vagenas P, Azar MM, Copenhaver MM, Springer SA, Molina PE, Altice FL
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2015 Dec;12(4):421-36. doi: 10.1007/s11904-015-0285-5. PMID: 26412084Free PMC Article
Is there an association between alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted diseases? A systematic review.
Cook RL, Clark DB
Sex Transm Dis 2005 Mar;32(3):156-64. doi: 10.1097/01.olq.0000151418.03899.97. PMID: 15729152

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