{"id":365,"date":"2023-03-08T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2023-03-10T11:27:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T16:27:45","slug":"national-institute-on-alcohol-abuse-and-alcoholism-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/community-resources\/national-institute-on-alcohol-abuse-and-alcoholism-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Alcohol Topics, A &#8211; Z\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/alcohols-effects-health\/alcohol-topics-a-to-z\">EN<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/alcohols-effects-health\/recursos-en-espanol\">ES<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Explore a variety of informative topics related to alcohol.<\/p>\n<h4>Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/brochures-and-fact-sheets\/wernicke-korsakoff-syndrome\">EN<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/brochures-and-fact-sheets\/el-sindrome-de-wernicke-korsakoff\">ES<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span>Wernicke-Korsakoff (WK) syndrome is a serious brain condition that is usually, but not exclusively, associated with chronic alcohol misuse and severe\u00a0<\/span><a data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"2cf2e7b2-4226-49fd-a3d8-28d85c5ff19f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/brochures-and-fact-sheets\/understanding-alcohol-use-disorder\">alcohol use disorder (AUD)<\/a><span>. The prevalence of WK syndrome across populations is not well established, and researchers estimate that it may remain undiagnosed in approximately 80 percent of patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/brochures-and-fact-sheets\/wernicke-korsakoff-syndrome\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/heal\/files\/2023\/03\/NIAAA_brain_wernicke_korsakoff_images-636x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"322\" class=\"wp-image-369 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/files\/2023\/03\/NIAAA_brain_wernicke_korsakoff_images-636x601.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/files\/2023\/03\/NIAAA_brain_wernicke_korsakoff_images.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>The Truth About Holiday Spirits\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/brochures-and-fact-sheets\/truth-about-holiday-spirits\">EN<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/la-verdad-sobre-el-consumo-de-alcohol-en-las-fiestas-de-fin-de-ano\">ES<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span>Many of us look forward to celebrations during the holidays, yet it is also a time when some people are more likely to drink beyond their limits than at other times of the year. Some people will experience adverse consequences that range from fights to falls to traffic crashes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/brochures-and-fact-sheets\/truth-about-holiday-spirits\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/heal\/files\/2023\/03\/NIAAA_Holiday_glass_12-10-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/files\/2023\/03\/NIAAA_Holiday_glass_12-10-20.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/files\/2023\/03\/NIAAA_Holiday_glass_12-10-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/files\/2023\/03\/NIAAA_Holiday_glass_12-10-20-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/alcohol-and-adolescent-brain\">EN<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/el-alcohol-y-el-cerebro-del-adolescente\">ES<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span>As adolescents mature, they undergo complex developmental changes, especially in their brains. The widespread changes in the organization and functioning of the brain\u2014which continue into a person\u2019s mid-20s\u2014bring about the cognitive, emotional, and social skills necessary for adolescents to survive and thrive. The nature of these rapid changes may also increase the adolescent brain\u2019s vulnerability to alcohol exposure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/alcohol-and-adolescent-brain\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.niaaa.nih.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium__350x350_\/public\/Alcohol_and_Adolescent_FS_1200x800px_image.jpg?itok=wSKKWgPy\" alt=\"Group of adolescent students engaged in conversation\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol Topics, A &#8211; Z\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 EN\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ES Explore a variety of informative topics related to alcohol. Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0EN\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ES Wernicke-Korsakoff (WK) syndrome is a serious brain condition that is usually, but not exclusively, associated with chronic alcohol misuse and severe\u00a0alcohol use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21101,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions\/379"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}