Molecular Psychiatry
Self-management with alcohol over lifespan: psychological mechanisms, neurobiological underpinnings, and risk assessment
April 28, 2023
Self-management includes all behavioural measures and cognitive activities aimed at coping with challenges arising throughout the lifespan. While virtually all of these challenges can be met without pharmacological means, alcohol consumption has long been instrumentalized as a supporting tool to help coping with problems arising selectively at adolescence, adulthood, and ageing.