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This collection reviews research on genetic variation in alcohol-metabolizing enzymes and alcohol-related outcomes across several populations. The studies report differing associations involving ADH and ALDH variants, including possible protective effects in particular samples, while emphasizing that these findings do not by themselves explain population-level differences in alcohol problems.
This clinical overview describes alcohol-related psychosis, which may arise during or soon after heavy drinking or during withdrawal and can involve hallucinations, paranoia, or fear. It reviews diagnostic considerations, possible causes, evaluation, and management, and emphasizes distinguishing alcohol-induced symptoms from schizophrenia, delirium, and other medical causes.
This article collection presents alcohol myopia as an account of how intoxication narrows attention toward salient cues and away from less prominent information. It reviews studies of attention, stress, and memory, including research reporting poorer recall of peripheral details in some settings, while noting that results depend on task conditions and require further study.
This brief resource describes warnings about combining cyclobenzaprine, sold under the brand name Flexeril, with alcohol. The cited medication information says the drug may enhance alcohol’s effects, and the accompanying interaction summary lists possible concerns including drowsiness, dizziness, impaired motor control, unusual behavior, and memory problems.
This collection reviews research on alcohol-related disinhibition and behavior, especially sexual responses, decision-making, and risk-taking. The included studies discuss social disinhibition alongside learning, expectations, and individual factors, showing that researchers have examined several possible pathways rather than treating disinhibition as a universal response to alcohol.
This article reviews how alcohol may affect memory formation and reconstruction for criminal events, including attention, episodic memory, and the encoding of new information. It also collects research on alcohol and eyewitness or suspect reporting, describing findings that vary across studies and memory tasks rather than treating intoxication as having one uniform effect.
This article collection examines how alcohol intoxication may affect suspects’ cognitive abilities, interrogation behavior, and confessions, alongside research on jurors’ views of intoxicated confessions. The cited studies report impaired performance on some cognitive measures and lower juror reliance on intoxicated confessions, while the source notes that more research is needed on obtaining testimony from intoxicated people.
This article collection surveys research on alcohol use and anxiety, including work on subtypes of alcohol dependence and co-occurring anxiety disorders. A treatment review summarized in the source discusses evidence for several psychotherapies and medications, and reports that alcohol use and anxiety may reinforce one another while identifying cautions and gaps for further research.
This collection reviews research linking alcohol with aggression, including physical and verbal aggression, intimate partner violence, and sexual aggression. The included review describes proposed roles for reduced behavioral inhibition and individual or situational factors, while noting that the evidence concerns a complex relationship rather than a single explanation for any particular act.
This article reviews research on how alcohol can affect memory even when a person does not experience a blackout, focusing on attention, judgment, and the formation of new memories. It explains that alcohol-related impairment can vary with dose and memory task, and includes research relevant to recollection of events and allegations involving sexual offenses.
