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Midlife-Onset Alcohol Dependence: Causes and Consequences
Under the Cortex
25 minutes 21 seconds
11 months ago
Midlife-Onset Alcohol Dependence: Causes and Consequences
What drives the onset of alcohol dependence in midlife? How does it present unique challenges, and what strategies can help when it disrupts the lives of individuals and their families?
In this episode of Under the Cortex, host Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum speaks with Lara Khalifeh and Leah Richmond-Rakerd from the University of Michigan, authors of a recent article in Clinical Psychological Science. Together, they discuss the role of aging, life transitions, and retirement as possible contributors to the distinct profile of midlife-onset alcohol dependence.
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The podcast of the Association for Psychological Science. What does science tell us about the way the think, behave, and learn about the world around us?
