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The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

We agree with the Editorial in the July, 2020, issue of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, which emphasised the concerning long-term implications of lockdowns implemented to flatten the epidemic curve of COVID-19 on the health behaviour of individuals with alcohol-use disorder.1The Lancet Gastroenterology & HepatologyDrinking alone: COVID-19, lockdown, and alcohol-related harm.Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020; 5: 625Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (65) Google Scholar A complex interplay of heightened financial difficulties, social isolation, uncertainty about the future, and the redistribution of the health workforce and the disruption to clinical services could contribute to increased alcohol intake and relapse under lockdown conditions, and, subsequently, contribute to further liver-associated complications via direct injury or through late presentations to the appropriate services.1The Lancet Gastroenterology & HepatologyDrinking alone: COVID-19, lockdown, and alcohol-related harm.Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020; 5: 625Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (65) Google Scholar, 2Rehm J Kilian C Ferreira-Borges C et al.Alcohol use in times of the COVID 19: implications for monitoring and policy.Drug Alcohol Rev. 2020; 39: 301-304Crossref PubMed Scopus (312) Google Scholar, 3Clay JM Parker MO Alcohol use and misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: a potential public health crisis?.Lancet Public Health. 2020; 5: e259Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (428) Google Scholar, 4Da BL Im GY Schiano TD COVID-19 hangover: a rising tide of alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver disease.Hepatology. 2020; (published online May 5.)https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.31307Crossref Scopus (157) Google Scholar, 5Finlay I Gilmore I Covid-19 and alcohol—a dangerous cocktail.BMJ. 2020; 369m1987Crossref PubMed Scopus (97) Google Scholar Lockdown is a complex social phenomenon that provokes different behavioural responses: a population survey of 1555 active drinkers in the UK identified th...

Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on alcohol consumption in patients with pre-existing alcohol use disorder