Epidemiology of Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder.

Alcohol Research : Current Reviews
Jalie A TuckerKatie Witkiewitz

Abstract

Almost one-third of the U.S. population meets alcohol use disorder (AUD) criteria on a lifetime basis. This review provides an overview of recent research on the prevalence and patterns of alcohol-related improvement and selectively reviews nationally representative surveys and studies that followed risk groups longitudinally with a goal of informing patients with AUD and AUD researchers, clinicians, and policy-makers about patterns of improvement in the population. Based on the research, alcohol use increases during adolescence and early adulthood and then decreases beginning in the mid-20s across the adult life span. Approximately 70% of persons with AUD and alcohol problems improve without interventions (natural recovery), and fewer than 25% utilize alcohol-focused services. Low-risk drinking is a more common outcome in untreated samples, in part because seeking treatment is associated with higher problem severity. Sex differences are more apparent in help-seeking than recovery patterns, and women have lower help-seeking rates than men. Whites are proportionately more likely to utilize services than are Blacks and Hispanics. Improving recovery rates will likely require offering interventions outside of the health care sector...Continue Reading

Citations

Mar 2, 2021·Drug and Alcohol Review·Richard MellorAlison Ritter
Mar 20, 2021·Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing·Belle Gavriel-FriedOfir Levi
Apr 23, 2021·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·Jalie A TuckerSusan D Chandler
Jun 23, 2021·The American Journal of Psychiatry·Lara A RayErica Grodin

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