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SUBMITTER: King AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6520530 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
King Andrea C AC Cao Dingcai D deWit Harriet H O'Connor Sean J SJ Hasin Deborah S DS
BJPsych open 20190422 3
Heavy alcohol use is pervasive and one of our most significant global health burdens. Early theories posited that certain alcohol response phenotypes, notably low sensitivity to alcohol ('low-level response') imparts risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, other theories, and newer measures of subjective alcohol responses, have challenged that contention and argued that high sensitivity to some alcohol effects are equally important for AUD risk. This study presents results of a unique long ...[more]