Some people drink because it makes them feel good, while others drink to relieve negative feelings and withdrawal symptoms. It is likely that people who drink for different reasons will need different medications to treat their alcohol use disorder. It's also possible that there are different biological reasons that cause alcohol use disorder that will require different types of treatments. Therefore we want to understand what are the motivating reasons for drinking and what types of medications are the best treatments for individuals. This treatment approach is called personalized medicine.
Publications
E. Grodin, Suzanna Donato, Han Du, R. Green, S. Bujarski, L. Ray
Alcohol and alcoholism, 2022
R. Green, Han Du, E. Grodin, Steven J. Nieto, S. Bujarski, Daniel J O Roche, L. Ray
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2021
Clinical and neural correlates of reward and relief drinking.
E. Burnette, E. Grodin, Joseph P. Schacht, L. Ray
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2020
Modeling motivation for alcohol in humans using traditional and machine learning approaches
E. Grodin, A. Montoya, S. Bujarski, L. Ray
Addiction biology, 2020
Steven J. Nieto, E. Grodin, L. Ray
Expert review of precision medicine and drug development, 2020
Reward, Relief and Habit Drinking: Initial Validation of a Brief Assessment Tool.
E. Grodin, S. Bujarski, A. Venegas, Wave-Ananda Baskerville, Steven J. Nieto, J. Jentsch, L. Ray
Alcohol and alcoholism, 2019
