Alcohol abuse etiology

Polettini A, Groppi A, Montagna M. The role of alcohol abuse in the etiology of heroin-related deaths. Evidence for pharmacokinetic interactions between heroin and alcohol. J Anal Toxicol 1999 23(7) 570-6. 

To date, proteomic investigations into human heart disease have centered on dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). DCM is a disease of unknown etiology, characterized by impaired systolic function resulting in heart failure. Known contributory factors of DCM are viral infections, cardiac-specific autoantibodies, toxic agents, genetic factors, and sustained alcohol abuse. As many as 100 cardiac proteins... 

Psychological Effects Alcohol and Behavior Effects of Chronic Heavy Drinking Alcohol and Brain Functioning Alcohol and the Liver Alcohol and Reproductive Functioning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Moderate Drinking and Health The Development of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Traditional Approaches to Etiology "Biopsychosocial" Approaches to Etiology Summary... 

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health data we covered in this chapter and in Ghaptcr 1 showed that well over 60% of Americans drink alcohol and that a minority of them drink heavily. Some of the heavy drinkers develop problems with alcohol to different degrees. When they do, the effects on themselves, their families, and their society are devastating. Accordingly, this question has preoccupied many for many years How do alcohol abuse and dependence develop, or what is their etiology In this last section we briefly present what approaches to the question have been taken and describe the current thinking. 

POHL et al. (1986) evaluated various etiologies for priapism in a study of 230 single case reports in the literature idiopathic causes comprised one-third of the cases, whereas 21% were attributed to alcohol abuse or medications. 

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