AHRG: Ten years of research on the causes, consequences, and treatment of the alcohol hangover

The alcohol hangover is defined as the combination of negative mental and physical symptoms, which can be experienced after a single episode of alcohol consumption, starting when blood alcohol concentration (BAC) approaches zero. The Alcohol Hangover Research Group (AHRG) are celebrating their 10th anniversary and a Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine on the alcohol hangover was curated by members of the AHRG. After peer-review, twenty-five articles were accepted for the Special Issue, and this collection is combined in a book, entitled “The alcohol hangover: causes, consequences, and treatment”.
The first five articles focus on significant methodological advances. Two articles discuss the “causes” of alcohol hangover and current knowledge on the pathology of the alcohol hangover as well as discussing a variety of factors that may exacerbate or attenuate hangover symptoms. Eleven subsequent articles discuss various consequences of cognitive, psychomotor, and physical performance during the hangover state. A further two articles discuss the outcomes of recent clinical trials that evaluated potential new hangover treatments.
The book, ‘The alcohol hangover: causes, consequences, and treatment’, provides a comprehensive overview of current insights and research into many aspects of the alcohol hangover and highlights the advances in the field over the past decade.
Source: Verster, J.C.; Arnoldy, L.; Benson, S.; Scholey, A.; Stock, A.-K. The Alcohol Hangover Research Group: Ten Years of Progress in Research on the Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of the Alcohol Hangover. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 3670.