Do stress and alcohol cues produce different psychobiological states in recently abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals?
Stress and alcohol cues produce distinct psychobiological states in recently abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals, which may affect relapse susceptibility.
Although both stress and alcohol cues produce increases in anxiety associated with alcohol craving, each produced a dissociable psychobiological state involving subjective emotional, cardiovascular, and cortisol responses. These data could have significant implications for understanding the specific psychobiology associated with stress or alcohol cue exposure and their potential effects on alcohol relapse susceptibility.
Fox et al. (Tue,) studied this question.