Addictions are serious and common psychiatric disorders, and are among the leading
contributors to preventable death. This selective review outlines and highlights the need for …

Alcohol consumption level and alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis are moderately
heritable traits. We conduct genome-wide association studies of these traits using …

OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of the genetic epidemiology of substance use and
misuse in adolescents. METHOD: A selective review of genetically informative research …

Alcohol consumption is a complex trait determined by both genetic and environmental
factors, and is correlated with the risk of alcohol use disorders. Although a small number of …

Identification of causal variants and genes underlying genome-wide association study
(GWAS) loci is essential to understand the biology of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and drinks …

Genome-wide, polygenic risk scores (PRS) have emerged as a useful way to characterize
genetic liability. There is growing evidence that PRS may prove useful for early identification …

Background: While genetic influences on alcohol dependence (AD) are substantial,
progress in the identification of individual genetic variants that impact on risk has been …

Alcohol dependence (AD) is a moderately heritable phenotype with a small number of
known risk genes mapped via linkage or candidate gene studies. We considered 313 males …

Background. Frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption are metrics commonly used to
measure alcohol consumption behaviors. Epidemiological studies indicate that these …

The new edition of this bestselling textbook, Multicultural Psychology, helps students gain an
understanding of how race, ethnicity, and culture shape their beliefs and behavior as well as …