This article reviews behavior genetic methods and critiques some of the major studies that
converge on a genetic basis for alcohol abuse. In particular, it critically examines the …

Contemporary theories of addiction of all stripes rule out faulty values as a cause of
addiction. Yet evidence from cross-cultural, ethnic, and social-class research, laboratory …

Controlled drinking has long been rejected as a therapeutic goal in traditional American
alcoholism treatment. More striking has been the adoption of this position by behaviorists …

The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST), often given to clinical samples to
detect alcoholics, was used in a survey of a randomly selected sample (N= 1,266) in a small …

The article examines recurrent instances of personal and professional negative sanctions
resulting from individual researchers publishing findings considered contrary to the historical …

While 90% of Americans believe that alcoholism is a disease, two central notions, loss of
control and abstinence, constitute the main explanations and references of this discourse in …

This chapter provides an overview of some recent trends in drug policy on the international
stage, and looks at the position and future prospects of non-prohibitionist policies within that …

Evidence for the importance of social rather than pharmacological factors in determining
which intoxicants can be used, how they are used, and the consequences of use come from …

This article considers the future of the disease model controversy. A discussion of the reform
movement and the contemporary disease model is contrasted with the orthodox disease …

As empirically oriented clinicians, we feel obligated to promote a broad and flexible, largely
cognitive-behavioral, approach to the outpatient treatment of problem drinking. This …