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Alcohol and the Brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

W. A. Lishman
W. A. Lishman*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
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Abstract

Some of the major effects of alcohol, and alcoholism, on the brain are reviewed, with reappraisal of evidence drawn from brain imaging, neuropathology, clinical psychology, and laboratory experimental work. A hypothesis is developed which may help to account for the wide variability encountered in individual susceptibility to alcoholic brain damage and its varied manifestations. Therapeutic implications are considered.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 5 , May 1990 , pp. 635 - 644
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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