"Alcoholism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4)
| Descriptor ID |
D000437
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C25.775.100.250 F03.900.100.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Alcoholism- Alcoholism
- Alcohol Dependence
- Dependence, Alcohol
- Alcohol Addiction
- Addiction, Alcohol
- Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
- Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication
- Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic
Alcohol Use Disorder- Alcohol Use Disorder
- Alcohol Use Disorders
- Use Disorder, Alcohol
- Use Disorders, Alcohol
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Alcoholism" by people in this website by year, and whether "Alcoholism" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2007 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2013 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alcoholism" by people in Profiles.
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Contextual factors associated with successful alcohol screening and brief intervention implementation and sustainment in adult primary care. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Jan; 168:209532.
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Was receipt of any specialty alcohol treatment during the pandemic effective at reducing drinking for patients with or at risk of AUD? J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Jan; 168:209531.
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Prospective changes in drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults with unhealthy alcohol use. Alcohol Alcohol. 2024 Sep 21; 59(6).
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Psychiatric and substance use disorders among adults over age 50 who use cannabis: A matched cohort study using electronic health record data. Addict Behav. 2024 Mar; 150:107927.
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Association between clinical measures of unhealthy alcohol use and subsequent year hospital admissions in a primary care population. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 04 01; 245:109821.
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Associations between alcohol brief intervention in primary care and drinking and health outcomes in adults with hypertension and type 2 diabetes: a population-based observational study. BMJ Open. 2023 01 19; 13(1):e064088.
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COVID-19 pandemic-related changes in utilization of telehealth and treatment overall for alcohol use problems. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022 12; 46(12):2280-2291.
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Effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered primary care telemedicine intervention to increase access to pharmacotherapy and specialty treatment for alcohol use problems: Protocol for the alcohol telemedicine consult cluster-randomized pragmatic trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 12; 123:107004.
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An Alcohol Symptom Checklist identifies high rates of alcohol use disorder in primary care patients who screen positive for depression and high-risk drinking. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Sep 05; 22(1):1123.
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Comparing the effectiveness of a brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among adult primary care patients with and without depression: A machine learning approach with augmented inverse probability weighting. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 10 01; 239:109607.