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Alcohol Dependency and Its Impact on the Brain and Behavior
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Alcohol Dependency and Its Impact on the Brain and Behavior

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral Neuroscience".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1962

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Nevzat K. Tarhan

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1. Department of Psychiatry, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey
2. NP Brain Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Interests: behavioral neuroscience; computational neuroscience; neuromodulation treatment; neuroimaging; brain mapping; in-slico applications; social psychology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Alcohol Dependence is a Special Issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425) devoted to publishing original research, reviews, commentaries, and policy analyses in the area of alcohol dependence. The Special Issue presents new treatment methods for alcohol addicts. Alcoholism is one the most pervasive international problems, severely affecting the physical and mental health of addicted individuals, as well as their families, especially the vulnerable children who are at the risk of developing physical and mental health problems. In contrast to the magnitude of the problem, research and practice in the field to address these issues requires further research.

The journal publishes research papers on the psychological and sociological aspects of alcohol and its effects, including biomedical, biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and behavioral actions, as well as clinical research in humans covering the sociological and economic impacts.

The rationale for this extensive coverage is the conviction that alcohol use/dependence cannot be understood in its entirety from a single perspective; therefore, without an understanding of other areas of research, studies by individual investigators may be limited. The goal of the journal is to provide researchers, clinicians, and policy makers access to materials from all perspectives in a single journal in a format that is understandable, and which has received rigorous editorial review. The hope of its editors is to promote a mutual understanding of the many facets of alcohol abuse to the benefit of all investigators involved in alcohol research, facilitating the transfer of scientific findings to successful treatment and prevention practices.

Scope and Keywords: The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, alcohol abuse, alcohol anxiety, alcohol dependence, alcohol and drugs, alcohol health risks, alcohol and pregnancy, alcoholism and depression, alcoholism and genetics, alcoholism disease, alcoholism statistics, alcoholism treatment, chronic alcohol abuse, chronic alcoholism, the effects of alcoholism, the negative effects of alcohol, signs of alcoholism, and substance abuse.

Impact on the Brain and Behavior: Brain Sciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, and short communications in the broad area of neuroscience. The Special Issue titled “Alcohol Dependence” is also focused on the behavioral neurobiology of alcohol addiction, developing neuroscience-based treatments, the molecular culprits linked to alcohol-use disorders, the neurologic complications of alcohol-use disorders, and the cognitive consequences of alcohol use.

Additionally, since Professor Tarhan is the president of Uskudar University and CEO of its scientific-affiliated NP Brain Hospital, the academic staff of both institutes will be supporting the journal by providing research papers and constructing a scientific network.

Prof. Dr. Nevzat K. Tarhan
Guest Editor

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Brain Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • alcohol abuse
  • alcohol anxiety
  • alcohol dependence
  • alcohol and drugs
  • alcohol health risks
  • alcohol and pregnancy
  • alcoholism and depression
  • alcoholism and genetics
  • alcoholism disease
  • alcoholism statistics
  • alcoholism treatment
  • chronic alcohol abuse
  • chronic alcoholism
  • the effects of alcoholism
  • the negative effects of alcohol
  • signs of alcoholism
  • and substance abuse

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Measuring the Awareness Levels of Individuals with Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders: Tertiary Prevention Standards and Development of Uskudar Result Awareness and Harm Perception Scales
by Nevzat Tarhan, Çiğdem Demirsoy and Aylin Tutgun-Ünal
Brain Sci. 2023, 13(6), 901; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060901 - 02 Jun 2023
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Rationale: Alcohol and substance use disorders are types of brain diseases that have psychological components which damage many life areas of the affected individual. Since investigating alcohol use alone is insufficient in the diagnostic evaluation process, self-awareness and the individual’s long-term psychological well-being [...] Read more.
Rationale: Alcohol and substance use disorders are types of brain diseases that have psychological components which damage many life areas of the affected individual. Since investigating alcohol use alone is insufficient in the diagnostic evaluation process, self-awareness and the individual’s long-term psychological well-being are important in the treatment process. Primary prevention is used for preventing disease in healthy people, whereas secondary prevention is used for early diagnosis of people at risk. Tertiary prevention is important to prevent the recurrence of the disease. Since substance use disorders are a chronic problems, a new need has emerged for tertiary protection in rehabilitation standards. Methodology: In this study, we aimed to develop two scales that can provide ideas about rehabilitation standards by determining the awareness of individuals with or without alcohol and substance use disorders. By so, experts in the field can have information about the risk status of their patients in the follow-up process of rehabilitation, with the data obtained from the harm perception and result awareness dimensions in the scales. The sample consisted of 1134 participants, 41 of whom had substance use disorders. Results: Among the two scales developed in the study, the Uskudar Result Awareness Scale (USRAS) consisting of 25 items and 6 factors explained 58.4% of the total variance. The Uskudar Harm Perception Scale (USHPS), consisting of 36 items and 10 factors, explained 56.3% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis of the two scales resulted in acceptable goodness-of-fit values. (X2/df < 3; RMSEA < 0.08; NFI > 0.90; NNFI > 0.95; CFI > 0.95; GFI > 0.90; AGFI > 0.85). Discussion: Comparisons showed that the resulting awareness of the non–SUD group was moderate (X = 3.81), whereas the SUD group had a low result awareness (X = 3.20); the effect size of the difference between the two groups was found to be high (d = 1.45; >0.8). On the other hand, the harm perception of the non–SUD group was found in the low-risk group (X = 3.78); the harm perception of the SUD group was found in the moderate-risk group (X = 3.43). According to Cohen’s d calculations, the effect size of the difference between the two groups is high (d = 1.43; >0.8). It was concluded that both of the scales are valid and safe. They can be included in the treatment process and future studies. Full article
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