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NIH R01 · 2024

Disentangling the biological links between violence and alcohol use

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Alcohol misuse is often associated with pathological aggression, a recurrent pattern of disruptive and violent behavior. Despite the significant socioeconomic burden imposed by the repercussions of this comorbidity, avail- able treatments are limited and inadequate. A critical problem in treating the association of alcohol misuse and pathological aggression lies in the complex links between these two entities: on the one hand, alcohol worsens violence propensity in predisposed individuals; on the other hand, anger and aggression increase the risk of alcohol use. Disentangling the links between these conditions is critical to developing better therapies. To study…

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