Alcohol Abuse Treatment, together with its companion volume, Drug Abuse Treatment, critically examines the many difficult issues and complex strategies associated with the successful treatment of substance abuse today. Because of the high cost in lives, health, and dollars, the need for improved techniques and strategies for the treatment and reduction of substance abuse has become a critical national priority. In this volume of Drug & Alcohol Abuse Reviews, Ronald R. Watson and key researchers in the field of alcohol abuse treatment evaluate both old and new methods, carefully reviewing current data to determine the value of the most important treatment programs in current use. Featured topics include: psychosocial factors influencing alcohol use among adults and youth pharmacotherapy for alcohol abusers promising new themes in alcohol treatment clinical use of alcoholism treatment research role of hormones in behavioral treatment theories of alcohol intoxication nicotine as a cofactor in alcohol abusers.Alcohol Abuse Treatment and its complementary volume on Drug Abuse Treatment together offer a thorough review and analysis of drug and alcohol abuse treatment options, providing researchers and clinicians with a valuable framework for understanding, planning, and delivering the effective substance abuse treatment that is so urgently needed now.
