Prefaces Sir Cyril Clarke and Professor Linford Rees. Introduction Griffith Edwards and Marcus Grant Section I: Scientific Understanding
1. Cirrhosis and Alcohol Consumption: An Epidemiological Perspective Wolfgang Schmidt
2. Three Themes in the Epidemiology of Alcoholism Norman Kreitman
3. Factors Influencing Alcohol Consumption David Robinson
4. The Role of Licensing Law in Limiting the Misuse of Alcohol Christopher Clayson
5. Alcoholism: What Psychology Offers Jim Orford
6. Behavioural Analysis of Alcoholism Howard Cappell
7. The Biological Basis of Alcoholism: Some Recent Experimental Evidence J. M. Littleton
8. Genetics and Alcoholism James Shields
9. The Alcohol Dependence Syndrome: Usefulness of an Idea Griffith Edwards Section II: The Varieties of Harm
10. Alcoholic Liver Diseases ? Basic Pathology and Clinical Variants Roger Williams and Michael Davis
11. Alcoholic Liver Diseases ? Nutritional Deficiency or Direct Toxicity? Michael Davis
12. Neurological Disorders Induced by Alcohol C. D. Marsden
13. Alcohol and the Pancreas I. S. Benjamin, C. W. Imrie and L. H. Blumgart
14. Alcohol-Induced Hypoglycaemia and Endocrinopathy Vincent Marks
15. Blood Disorders Due to Alcohol I. Chanarin
16. Alcohol and Self-Poisoning A. T. Proudfoot and J. Park
17. Head Injuries and Alcohol W. R. Murray
18. Impact of Alcoholism on Family and Home Jim Orford
19. Alcohol and Alcoholism: The Impact on Work B. D. Hore
20. Alcohol and Road Accidents J. D. J. Havard 21. Alcohol and Crime D. N. Hancock
22. Alcoholism and Suicide Bruce Ritson Section III: Treatment and Education
23. How Good is Treatment? Anthony W. Clare
24. Behaviour Therapy Ray Hodgson
25. Making Treatment Better Raj Rathod
26. Setting up Detoxification Centres B. D. Hore
27. The Primary Health Care Team D. I. Acres
28. A Joint Psychiatric and Medical Outpatient Clinic for Alcoholics G. K. Shaw and A. Thomson
29. The Reality of Medico-Psychiatric Cooperation N. Krasner
30. Alcoholism: The Changing Role of the Psychiatrist T. A. Spratley, A. K. J. Cartwright and S. J. Shaw
31. Alcohol Education D. L. Davies. List of Contributors. Index.