Alcohol-induced pathology.
The classical symptom formation of alcoholism is identified along with the main causes of death in a representative cohort of U.S. alcoholics. New findings in alcoholism studies pertaining to allergenic and hypoglycemic pathways are discussed. The failure of current treatment modes based on a behavioral disease model of alcoholism is noted. The evidence for a new model of alcoholism as an inherited predisposition for metabolic/enzymatic dysfunction is presented, along with the potential for a new treatment protocol based on that model.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology