The Consequences of Alcoholism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Medical Consequences of Alcoholism

   1. Overview

      • Charles S. Lieber

      Pages 3-6

   2. Metabolism of Ethanol and Some Associated Adverse Effects on the Liver and the Stomach

      • Charles S. Lieber, Maria A. Leo

      Pages 7-40

   3. Alcohol and the Pancreas

      • Steven Sehenker, Ruth Montalvo

      Pages 41-65

   4. Alcohol and Cancer

      • Helmut K. Seitz, Gudrun Pöschl, Ulrich A. Simanowski

      Pages 67-95

   5. Alcohol and Lipids

      • Enrique Baraona, Charles S. Lieber

      Pages 97-134

   6. Cardiovascular Effects of Alcohol

      • Howard S. Friedman

      Pages 135-166

3. Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Alcoholism

   1. Overview

      • Edward Gottheil, Ellen F. Gottheil

      Pages 169-175

   2. Mechanisms of Alcohol Craving and Their Clinical Implications

      • Edward G. Singleton, David A. Gorelick

      Pages 177-195

   3. A Review of the Effects of Moderate Alcohol Intake on Psychiatric and Sleep Disorders

      • Ricardo Castaneda, Norman Sussman, Robert Levy, Mary O’Malley, Laurence Westreich

      Pages 197-226

   4. Executive Cognitive Functioning in Alcohol Use Disorders

      • Peter R. Giancola, Howard B. Moss

      Pages 227-251

   5. Brain Imaging Functional Consequences of Ethanol in the Central Nervous System

      • David Lyons, Christopher T. Whitlow, Hilary R. Smith, Linda J. Porrino

      Pages 253-284

   6. Complications of Severe Mental Illness Related to Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders

      • Robert E. Drake, Mary F. Brunette

      Pages 285-299

4. Economic Consequences of Alcoholism

   1. Overview

      • Richard K. Fuller

      Pages 303-305

   2. Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

      • Henrick J. Harwood, Douglas Fountain, Gina Livermore

      Pages 307-330

   3. The Effects of Price on the Consequences of Alcohol Use and Abuse

      • Frank J. Chaloupka, Michael Grossman, Henry Saffer

      Pages 331-346

   4. Drinking, Problem Drinking, and Productivity

      • John Mullahy, Jody L. Sindelar

      Pages 347-359

   5. The Cost Offsets of Alcoholism Treatment

      • Harold D. Holder

      Pages 361-374

5. An International Perspective of the Biobehavioral Consequences of Alcoholism

   1. Overview Alfonso Paredes

      • Alfonso Paredes

      Pages 377-381

   2. Experience with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Mexico

      • Elena Medina-Mora, Silvia Carreño, Juan Ramon De la Fuente

      Pages 383-396

From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism On behalf of the Research Society on Alcoholism, I am pleased to introduce this 14th volume of Recent Developments in Alcoholism about the consequences of alcoholism. Current concepts are presented in well-organized sections that focus on the medical, neuropsychiatric, economic, and biobehavioral con- quences of alcoholism. This volume contains up-to-date discussions of these issues. The editors and associate editors should be congratulated for bringing together such important information. This volume will be a valuable resource for investigators and therapists alike. Ivan Diamond M.D., Ph.D. President, Research Society on Alcoholism From the President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine On behalf of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, I am pleased to announce that our society once again will cosponsor Recent Developments in Alcoholism. This volume addresses the issues of age, gender, socioeconomy, and behaviors as they relate to alcohol research and the disease of alcoholism. The medical consequences of alcoholism are ably edited by Dr. Charles L- ber, while the neuropsychiatric consequences of alcoholism are addressed by Drs. Gottheil. This volume is rounded out with the in-depth discussion of the economic consequences of alcoholism, edited by Dr. Fuller, and an inter- tional perspective on the behavioral consequences of alcoholism, edited by Dr. Paredes.

• age
• alcohol
• alcoholism
• brain
• ethanol
• gender
• liver
• medical consequences
• medicine
• metabolism
• nervous system
• pancreas
• research
• sleep
• treatment

`I can enthusiastically recommend this book as an essential text in the libraries of academicians, teachers, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers. The quality and scope of the work are groundbreaking.'
American Journal of Psychiatry
`Another fine effort in the series which always presents authoritative reviews by leading researchers and clinicians in the field of alcoholism.'
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
`The contributors to this volume, world authorities in their subject, review the state of biomedical science and clinical practices in alcoholism. The research tools described are spectacular, and progress seems to remarkable......a tightly written and extensively annotated text. This amount of authoritative, cutting-edge information is available in no other single source.'
READINGS (March 1999)

• Div. Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

  Marc Galanter

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