ReviewClinical psychology review2015
Interrelations between pain and alcohol: An integrative review.
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180 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Self-management with alcohol over lifespan: psychological mechanisms, neurobiological underpinnings, and risk assessment.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of grey matter changes and their behavioral characterization in patients with alcohol use disorder.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of the neuroactive steroid precursor pregnenolone on stress- and alcohol cue-provoked pain responses in individuals with alcohol use disorder.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Addressing Chronic Pain Among Rural Residents Engaging in Hazardous Drinking: A Mobile Health Intervention Pilot Study.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Trial
- Addressing Pain and Heavy Drinking among Patients in HIV-Care: A Pilot Study of an Integrated Telehealth Intervention.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Acceptance versus distraction as coping strategies for acute pain and pain-induced alcohol urge and approach inclinations.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Trial
- Development of a Personalized Feedback Intervention Targeting Pain-Related Anxiety for Adults Reporting Hazardous Drinking and Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of azasetron on postoperative chronic pain after pulmonary surgery: a randomized triple-blind controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Trial
- Mobile health intervention to address chronic pain among those who engage in hazardous drinking: A pilot study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Trial
- Polygenic risk for alcohol consumption and multisite chronic pain: Associations with ad lib drinking behavior.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Trial
- Pain as a causal motivator of alcohol consumption: Associations with gender and race.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2023Trial
- Analgesic effects of alcohol in adults with chronic jaw pain.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Trial
- Hazardous alcohol use is associated with greater pain interference and prescription opioid misuse among persons living with HIV and chronic pain.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- How do programmes to prevent intimate partner violence among the general population impact women with disabilities? Post-hoc analysis of three randomised controlled trials.BMJ global health · 2020Trial
- The Association Between Negative Trauma-Related Cognitions and Pain-Related Functional Status Among Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder.Journal of traumatic stress · 2019Trial
- Physical pain and risk of suicide and non-fatal self-harm among Swedish construction workers followed over three decades.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Alcohol Consumption and Associations With Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Low Back Pain: A Longitudinal Case-Crossover Study.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Associations Between Pain and Substance Use Among Individuals Diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes or Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Mobile App Engagement and Pain Outcomes Among Primary Care Chronic Pain Patients Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- Chronic Pain Acceptance Moderates the Association Between Pain Intensity and Alcohol Use Severity Among Veterans With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
120 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Pain and alcohol use are both highly prevalent in the general population, and pain-alcohol interrelations are of increasing empirical interest. Previous research has identified associations between pain and alcohol dependence, and the current review provides novel contributions to this emerging domain by incorporating studies that have tested relations between pain and low-to-moderate alcohol consumption, and by identifying potential psychosocial mechanisms of action. Specifically, we sought to integrate evidence of pain-alcohol relations derived from two directions of empirical inquiry (i.e., effects of alcohol on pain and effects of pain on alcohol use) across psychological, social, and biological literatures. We observed converging evidence that associations between alcohol consumption and pain may be curvilinear in nature. Whereas moderate alcohol use was observed to be associated with positive pain-related outcomes (e.g., greater quality of life), excessive drinking and alcohol use disorder appear to be associated with deleterious pain-related outcomes (e.g., greater pain severity). We also observed evidence that alcohol administration confers acute pain-inhibitory effects, and that situational pain may motivate alcohol consumption (e.g., drinking for pain-coping). Future research can inform theoretical and clinical applications through examination of temporal relations between pain and alcohol consumption, tests of hypothesized mechanisms, and the development of novel interventions.
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