Volume 11, Issue 3 Is Now Available!

NIAAA Spectrum is the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's (NIAAA) triannual webzine. With engaging feature articles, short news updates, and colorful graphics, NIAAA Spectrum offers accessible and relevant information on NIAAA and the alcohol research field. The latest issue is now available. The full table of contents is presented below.

In This Issue

Alcohol and "Deaths of Despair"

In 2015, Princeton University economists Anne Case, Ph.D., and Angus Deaton, Ph.D., reported something unexpected. After decreasing since the end of World War II, rates of death began to increase in the United States for people in some groups. The rise in deaths was driven primarily by drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides, and liver disease. More...

Noteworthy

New and Updated NIAAA Publications

NIAAA recently released new publications on topics of increased interest from the media and general public, as well as visitors to the NIAAA exhibit booth at professional meetings.

NIAAA@Work

Training Tomorrow's Alcohol Researchers

Each summer, NIAAA’s Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research (DICBR) hosts high school, college, and graduate students from across the nation. These student-trainees work in the DICBR laboratories, gain research skills, and receive mentoring from NIAAA researchers.

Spotlight

The Complex Relationship Between Alcohol and Pain

The relationship between alcohol and pain is a complicated one. It is a common belief that alcohol dulls pain, yet research shows that sometimes alcohol can make pain worse.

News From the Field

Stepped Alcohol Treatment Improves HIV and Alcohol Outcomes

Increasing the intensity of treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) over the time course of treatment reduces alcohol consumption among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AUD, according to new clinical research supported by NIAAA.