Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Opiate Tolerance and Dependence

   • Lars Terenius

   Pages 1-21

3. Alcohol Self-Administration by Experimental Animals

   • Richard A. Meisch

   Pages 23-45

4. Genetics of Alcoholism and Alcohol Actions

   • Richard A. Deitrich, Karen Spuhler

   Pages 47-98

5. Alcohol Consumption and Ischemic Heart Disease

   • Mary Jane Ashley

   Pages 99-147

6. Heavy Alcohol Consumption and Physical Health Problems

   • Robert E. Popham, Wolfgang Schmidt, Stephen Israelstam

   Pages 149-182

7. Assessing Alcohol Use by Patients in Treatment

   • Harvey A. Skinner

   Pages 183-207

8. An Overview of Techniques and Problems in the Measurement of Alcohol Consumption

   • Timo Alanko

   Pages 209-226

9. Studies of Driver Impairment and Alcohol-Related Collisions

   • Roberta G. Ferrence, Paul C. Whitehead

   Pages 227-263

10. The Contribution of Prospective Studies to the Understanding of Etiologic Factors in Alcoholism

    • George E. Vaillant

    Pages 265-289

11. Treatment of Nonopiate Dependency

    • Barry S. Brown

    Pages 291-308

12. Less-Hazardous Tobacco Use as a Treatment for the “Smoking and Health” Problem

    • Lynn T. Kozlowski

    Pages 309-328

13. Back Matter

    Pages 329-333

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This volume is the eighth in the Research Advances Series and the fifth published by Plenum Press. The purpose of the series is to review new work in rapidly changing fields. We do not expect reviews to cover the whole field of work on alcoholism and addiction. Nor do we expect that they will be like annual reviews covering all work in a delimited field. Our reviews are designed to explore only the most exciting parts of the total field and to focus on conclusions that can be made about them. The series publishes one volume each year. Volume 8 is an omnibus rather than a theme volume in that a wide range of topics is covered, including research on alcohol, opiates, and tobacco. As usual, the greater emphasis is on alcohol research, reflecting the importance of the problem and the volume of work to be reviewed. With Volume 8 come some changes in the Editorial Board. It will be the last volume in the series for Robert E. Popham who has resigned from the Board. He has been with the series since its inception and has contributed a great deal to its development. The members of the Board are grateful for his help. We are adding two new members: Dr. Howard Cappell, whose field is experimental psychology, and Dr. Edward M. Sellers, in clinical medicine and pharmacology.

• alcoholism
• drug
• pharmacology
• receptor
• research
• psychopharmacology

• Addiction Research Foundation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  Reginald G. Smart, Howard D. Cappell, Frederick B. Glaser, Yedy Israel, Harold Kalant, Robert E. Popham, Wolfgang Schmidt, Edward M. Sellers

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