Researchers Identify Alcoholism Subtypes - June 28, 2007

Posted by National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases on June 28th, 2007 at 02:52pm

Analyses of a national sample of individuals with alcohol dependence (alcoholism) reveal five distinct subtypes of the disease, according to a new study by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).