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April is Alcohol Awareness Month: Other Resources

Introduction

In addition to the websites listed on previous pages, you can search many of the governmental databases.  

Other Resources

SAMHSA's National Helpline is available 24/7, 365 days a year.  Find treatment locations, programs, helplines.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Treatment Facility Locator
Geographic facility treatment locator

SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices
Searchable database of more than 330 interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders

Ethyl (as in ethyl alcohol) is not a lady

From the Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

Learn How to Search These Websites

Searching Effectively

Use the proper MeSH terms (medical subject headings) to search for various topics related to alcohol.  A selection are included below.

Alcohol drinking:  behaviors associated with the ingesting of alcoholic beverages, including social drinking

Alcoholic intoxication:  an acute brain syndrome which results from the excessive ingestion of ethanol or alcoholic beverages

Alcohol-induced disorders:  disorders stemming from the misuse and abuse of alcohol.

Alcoholism:  a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations

Binge drinking:  drinking an excessive amount of alcoholic beverages in a short period of time.

Many topics in MeSH have hierarchies of more specific subcategories or related terms. The indentations in the lists reflect the structure of the hierarchy, and the + signs at the end of terms indicate that there is a further hierarchy of terms not displayed here. Any of these terms can be searched individually, or you can "explode" terms to search sections of the list. 

Alcohol-Induced Disorders

Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System

Alcohol Amnestic Disorder +
Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium
Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures
Alcoholic Neuropathy

Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic

Fatty Liver, Alcoholic
Hepatitis, Alcoholic
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic

Pancreatitis, Alcoholic
Psychoses, Alcoholic