알코올장애, 원인과 치료

Alcoholism, Etiology and Treatment

The life time prevalence of alcoholic disorder in Korea is high but there is not sufficient specialized treatment centers. The etiology of alcoholic disorder is not known yet but it is assumed that alcoholic disorder is multifactorial disorder that biological, hereditary and social factors interact each other. Psychosocial approach is the major treatment but there appeares active study to find out the cause of alcoholic disorder. So Food and Drug Administration in America approved the opioid antagonist naltrexone for the treatment drug of the alcoholics. We are going to introduce the recent development about biological research, pharmacological approach and also psychosocial approaches in the field of alcoholic disorder.