Alcoholism as an interdisciplinary problem
Evgeniya Viktorovna Yekusheva , Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Nervous System Diseases and Neurorehabilitation at the Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia
Evgeny Sergeevich Kurasov , Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Doctor of the Highest Category, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Narcologist, Head of the Psychiatry Clinic at the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Russian Ministry of Defense
Announcement:
What is this teleseminar about?
Alcoholism is not just a bad habit, but a chronic disease that damages the brain, triggers depression, anxiety, and leads to severe physical complications. In this interdisciplinary teleseminar, leading specialists Evgeniya Viktorovna Yekusheva and Evgeny Sergeyevich Kurasov discuss:
- Why does alcoholism often go undiagnosed in general medical practice?
- How to distinguish between everyday drunkenness and a developed addiction?
- Why do anxiety and depression lead to alcoholism, and alcoholism to depression?
- What irreversible changes occur in the brain with long-term abuse?
- How has COVID-19 affected the rise in alcohol use disorders?
Key topics:
Alcohol and the psyche
- Why do 50% of patients with anxiety disorders abuse alcohol?
- How Alcohol Masks Depression and Increases Suicide Risk.
Diagnostics: How to recognize addiction?
- Early signs: "Monday" absences from work, tremors, sweating.
- Why patients hide the problem and how to ask the right questions.
Withdrawal syndrome: from tremors to delirium tremens
- The dangers of abruptly stopping drinking alcohol.
- Why Benzodiazepines Are the Gold Standard for Withdrawal Management.
Brain damage and cognitive impairment
- Alcoholic dementia, Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy: is it possible to restore the brain?
- How alcohol accelerates the development of stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.
Treatment: What Really Works?
- Why don’t IVs and “coding” solve the problem?
- The role of the drug Mexidol in reducing hypoxia and autonomic disorders during withdrawal.
- Psychotherapy vs. Total Abstinence: Which Approaches Are Effective?
Who is this teleseminar for?
- Doctors (therapists, neurologists, cardiologists) - to recognize alcohol addiction in time in patients with “unexplained” symptoms.
- Psychologists and psychotherapists - to understand the biological mechanisms of addiction.
What will you learn?
- How to distinguish alcohol withdrawal from a panic attack.
- Why there are no "safe doses of alcohol."
- What drug therapy can be used in general practice.
This is a live dialogue between experts with analysis of clinical cases, MRI data and practical recommendations for therapy.