Alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse are clinical conditions characterized by specific thought structures and certain behavioral aspects related to the use of the alcoholic substance. The palatability of alcoholic drinks it prevailed over the others for its tonic and euphoric effect, for the momentary relief they give to anguish and for the sense of solidarity among individuals that "drinking together" has always meant. The importance of the socio-cultural, biological, genetic and psychological dimension that constantly pushes the individual towards the use and subsequent abuse of this substance should not be underestimated. Psychological reasons include incentives that facilitate alcoholism, states of tension, difficulties in human relationships, feelings of insecurity, the inability of personal affirmation and the need for gratification. The unstoppable desire that drives the patient with an alcohol addiction to take this substance, the effects of which have already been experienced in the past, is called craving. During the seminar we will try to provide a picture of the different types of craving in the alcoholic patient and related psychopathological manifestations, the most effective treatments will be illustrated to prevent and contrast the spread of this phenomenon.

 

 

The seminar will be held on Friday 16-10-2015, 15.00-18.00, at the headquarters of'IREP., Via Piave, 7 Rome.