When The Natural History of Alcoholism was first published in 1983, it was acclaimed in the
press as the single most important contribution to the literature on alcoholism since the first …

Background The association between alcoholism and major depression in the general
population has been explained as misdiagnosed alcohol intoxication and withdrawal effects …

Controlled drinking has long been a controversial topic in behavior therapy. The historical
context of this debate is reviewed, with special attention paid to the pioneering research …

Dispute about the relative frequencies of abstinent and non-abstinent outcomes following
alcoholism treatment cannot be resolved in the absence of consensually-agreed definitions …

Variations in the reported rates of controlled drinking by former alcoholics are notable, at
times startling. Reports of such outcomes (which in some cases involved a large percentage …

On average it takes eight seconds for a psychoactive drug to reach the brain once it has
been inhaled, almost twice as fast as the next quickest method, intravenous injection, and …

Current disputes regarding appropriate goals in the treatment of alcohol problems are
symptomatic of deeper problems in the alcohol field involving differing views about how …

The lure of drugs and alcohol is capturing today's youth in its fatal grip and may ultimately
destroy our nation's future generations. The vicious cycle of abuse is one that parents …

ALCOHOLISM affects an estimated 10 million Americans. 1 It plays a role in 10% of all
deaths in the United States and is the cause of inestimable human anguish.~ Prevalence …

Der Rückfall in den Mißbrauch nach einer Abstinenzphase ist ein zentrales Problem in der
Behandlung von Alkoholikern. Nach dem vielbeachteten Rand-Bericht sind in den ersten …