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A new approach for treating alcohol use disorder – News-Medical.net

“One day at a time” is a mantra for recovering alcoholics, for whom each day without a drink builds the strength to go on to the next.

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“One day at a time” is a mantra for recovering alcoholics, for whom each day without a drink builds the strength to go on to the next. A new brain imaging study by Yale researchers shows why the approach works.
Imaging scans of those diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD) taken one day to two weeks after their last drink reveal associated disruptions of activity between the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and striatum, a brain network linked to decision making.
The more recent the last drink…

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