Our June Clinical Grand Rounds was with, Thang Le, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine. He presented on, “The Neural Processes Underlying Alcohol
Use as A Coping Behavior”
Synopsis & objectives:
Many individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUD) seek drinking to avoid or otherwise manage painful physical and psychological states. Yet, how the neural processes underlying pain play a role in the maintenance of AUD remains under-explored. This presentation provides recent findings from Dr. Thang Le’s laboratory which examines the neural circuit supporting pain and its involvement in promoting drinking as a coping behavior.