Alcohol-dependent individuals have a five to 10 percent lifetime risk of developing delirium tremens (DT) following alcohol withdrawal. DT is characterized by a clouding of consciousness, mental ...

The brain's dopamine system is particularly vulnerable to activation by addictive substances. New research examines the influence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on the dopamine system.

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ONE of the chief aims in the present-day treatment of the acutely ill alcoholic patient is to provide adequate symptomatic control of severe acute intoxication, delirium tremens, the withdrawal ...

I had a lot to learn when I began practicing medicine in county jails. One of the most important of those lessons was how to properly assess and manage alcohol withdrawal. In my previous life as an ER ...

The patient came into the Yale Plan Clinic a jittery sack. The night before, for the 14th time in six years, he had been arrested for drunkenness. Obsessed by the idea that he had killed his brother ...

Clamoring hideously, endlessly gibbering in the psychopathic wards of municipal hospitals, in the padded cells of county jails, victims of delirium tremens every day pursue their terrible ...

This is the fourth installment in a series of posts on non-pharmacologic approaches to alcohol and drug abuse. Previous posts reviewed the evidence for weak electrical current for reducing symptoms of ...

From the Neurological Unit, Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Diseases of the Nervous System, Harvard Medical School. This study was completed in part with the assistance of Works Progress ...