23-05-2025
Fast Five Quiz: Alcohol Misuse
Alcohol use disorder remains a significant public health challenge in the United States, affecting more than 29 million individuals and contributing to more than 140,000 deaths each year. Despite its high prevalence and devastating health consequences, alcohol use disorder often goes underdiagnosed and undertreated. A widely accepted heuristic framework conceptualizes alcohol use disorder as a 3-stage cycle, binge/intoxication, withdrawal/negative affect, and preoccupation/anticipation, offering clinicians a lens through which to understand its complex neurobiological underpinnings and diverse clinical presentations.
Although effective behavioral therapies and several US Food and Drug Administration-approved medications are available for the treatment of alcohol use disorder, these interventions remain markedly underused, contributing to a substantial treatment gap.
How much do you know about alcohol misuse and alcohol use disorder? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
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Cite this: Heidi Moawad. Fast Five Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Alcoholism? - Medscape - May 22, 2025.
