Alcohol use and depression - literature review

Płaczek Alicja, Białas Filip, Baciur Patrycja, Skowrońska Katarzyna, Chmura Anna. Alcohol use and depression - literature review. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(8):989-995. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.08.082 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2022.12.08.082 https://zenodo.org/record/7018851 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.08.2022. Revised: 07.08.2022. Accepted: 24.08.2022. Alcohol use and depression - literature review Alicja Płaczek, alicja60@poczta.onet.pl ; Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Filip Białas, filip.bialas@op.pl ; Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Patrycja Baciur, patrycjabaciur@gmail.com ; Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Katarzyna Skowrońska, skowro4@gmail.com ; Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Anna Chmura, chmura.anna96@gmail.com Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Street 6, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland Abstract Alcohol consumption has serious health and social consequences. A coexistence of alcohol use disorders and depressive disorders is common. Alcohol abuse is more common in men, but women are at greater risk of its harmful effects. Alcohol consumption in adolescence and early adulthood is associated with a higher risk of developing depressive disorders in the future. The order in which these disorders appear may vary, but it is important to make a diagnosis of depression during the period of abstinence. Drinking alcohol can be seen as a form of coping with stress and anxiety disorders. The aim of this article is to review the literature on the relationship between depression and alcohol. Alcohol changes your neural pathways. Long and intense exposure may cause irreversible changes. The stress response pathways responsible for emotions and the reward system are the most sensitive. They deregulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Coexistence of alcohol use disorders and depressive disorders is treated primarily with antidepressants. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to have a modest positive effect in relieving symptoms of depression and reducing the amount of alcohol consumed. Key words: alcohol, depression, alcohol consumptio