Alcohol Disorders: Practical Tips From New Research

By Mark J. Niciu Jr, MD, PhD and Ismene Petrakis, MD | September 7, 2012

Dr Niciu is Clinical Research Fellow at the NIMH in Bethesda, Md; Dr Petrakis is Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, and Chief of Psychiatry at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, Conn. The authors report no conflicts of interest concerning the subject matter of this article.

6. The μ-opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone is the most extensively studied treatment for alcohol dependence and should be considered as first-line treatment.

A. True

B. False

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