{"id":6221,"date":"2016-10-26T21:31:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T01:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/28\/alcohol-ptsd-and-the-brain\/"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:46:29","slug":"alcohol-ptsd-and-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/alcohol-ptsd-and-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol, PTSD and the Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do some of us drink responsibly while others struggle to regulate their alcohol consumption?\u00a0 Why do those who have experienced traumatic events often choose to self-medicate with alcohol?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Onarae Rice, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Furman University, says the answer might be found in the brain.\u00a0 He will talk about that and more when he speaks at the High Noon lecture series Wednesday, Nov. 2 at the Upcountry History Museum-Furman.<\/p>\n<p>His talk, \u201cI Need a Drink!,\u201d begins at noon.\u00a0 It is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rice says there are many motivating factors that govern our desire to drink alcohol.\u00a0 He will discuss alcohol\u2019s neurobiological impact on the brain and its relationship to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) sufferers.\u00a0 He will present some encouraging findings from his research laboratory that may lead to new treatments for those who abuse alcohol, especially PTSD sufferers.<\/p>\n<p>The Upcountry History Museum-Furman is located at 540 Buncombe Street in downtown Greenville\u2019s Heritage Green area.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Furman\u2019s Communications office at 864-294-3107 or <a href=\"mailto:vince.moore@furman.edu\">vince.moore@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do some of us drink responsibly while others struggle to regulate their alcohol consumption?\u00a0 Why do those who have experienced traumatic events often choose to self-medicate with alcohol? Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":6222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,48,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-psychology","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}