Alcohol

Author(s)

• Myers, Peter L.
• Isralowitz, Richard E.

Bibliographic Information

Alcohol

Peter L. Myers and Richard E. Isralowitz

（Health and medical issues today）

Greenwood, c2011

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references ([215]-240) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible information about alcohol use in western society and other cultures. In 2009, President Barack Obama hosted a friendly "beer summit" on the White House lawn in an attempt to diffuse a racially charged incident between a Caucasian policeman and an African American professor. In the United States, beer and other alcoholic beverage companies are often the main advertisers during television sporting event coverage. A study has found that 44 percent of American college students participate in binge drinking, while the NHTSA reports that over 31 percent of traffic fatalities involve a driver with an illegal blood-alcohol content level. In our culture, consumption of alcohol is both widely accepted as a healthy social norm and condemned as a crime. Alcohol provides information about how alcohol acts upon the body, the social problems related to alcohol use, medical disorders connected to alcohol use, alcohol use throughout world cultures and the American population, and public policy issues. This book also contains sections on adolescent and college student alcohol use.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Part I: History and Scientific Background-Alcohol: An Overview 1 Alcohol: The Basics 2 Alcohol Taken Together with Other Drugs 3 Key Terms and Definitions 4 Risk Factors for Alcohol Misuse and Worsening of Abuse 5 Phases and Stages of Alcoholism: Theoretical Considerations 6 Alcohol and Social Problems 7 Alcohol and Medical Problems 8 Alcohol and Sexuality 9 Alcohol and the Family 10 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) 11 Treatment and Recovery 12 Alcohol Use among Women 13 Alcohol Use among Adolescents 14 Alcohol Use among College Students 15 Alcohol Use among Older Adults 16 Alcohol Use among Ethnic Minorities Part II: Controversies 17 Alcohol-Policy Perspectives 18 Key Issues and Controversies 19 Rates of Alcohol Consumption Worldwide 20 Culture and Alcohol Use Part III: References and Resources A Screening and Assessment Instruments B Alcohol Periodicals and Journals C Additional Resources D Chronology References Index

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Details

• NCID: BB0555884X
• ISBN:
  • 9780313372476
• LCCN: 2011002182
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Santa Barbara, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 250 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA1242.A35
  • NLM : WM 274
  • DC22 : 615/.7828
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Alcohol -- Toxicology
  • LCSH : Alcohol -- Physiological effect
  • LCSH : Alcoholism -- Complications
  • LCSH : Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects
  • MESH : Alcohol-Related Disorders
  • MESH : Alcohol Drinking
  • MESH : Cost of Illness
  • MESH : Public Policy
  • MESH : Socioeconomic Factors
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA80683054