The question how alcohol alters mood states and why this may end up
becoming an addiction is puzzling alcohol researchers since decades. In
this volume, an assembly of highly distinguished experts and leaders in
alcohol addiction research provides lucid presentations of the current
knowledge and research challenges as well as interesting viewpoints on
future research directions aimed to stimulate communication and
convergence between clinical and preclinical researchers, and to renew
interest in the vibrant field of alcohol addiction research among a wide
scientifically minded audience.
Five Current Topics are discussed in this volume: Neurobiological
mechanisms of alcoholism, Genetics, Clinical phenotypes and their
preclinical models, Brain imaging, and Translational approaches for
treatment development, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological.
These areas have in our opinion brought alcohol research substantially
forward and influenced our thinking about how to reach our common
paramount goal, namely to offer effective treatment solutions for an
extensive group of patients with largely unmet medical needs.