In the early 1980s, emphasis had shifted from the treatment of alcohol problems to their
prevention. Yet no clear integrated policy yet existed about how alcohol problems could best …

This book reviews epidemiological evidence on the role of alcohol in social and health
problems as well as evidence on the effectiveness of policy measures and prevention …

" The field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism approaches another crossroad. The fifty years
after Prohibition witnessed a human understanding for treatment of the alcoholic. That effort …

This paper discusses and criticizes the recurrent theme of “responsible drinking” that has
been expressed in most educational programmes and media campaigns aimed at the …

The growing awareness of the importance of lifestyle factors in the prevention of ill-health
has stimulated a number of policy studies. But of the main causes of preventable ill-health …

Alcohol consumption and alcohol-induced social and health problems are fast increasing,
while'safe'intake levels are revised downwards. Result, a resurgence of concern. This …

MAN'S troubles and inebriety are in a reciprocal relationship. They generate each other. In a
very real way compalsive drinking cuts across many other problems. If more individual …

This paper examines the economic and political constraints on the development of
Australian policy directed at the prevention of alcohol‐related health problems. An analysis …

This Guide was sponsored by the American Public Health Association, and is the result of an
extensive study of the literature on alcoholism. It also reviews the measures taken in the …