Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention

1. Front Matter

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2. Alcohol Prevention Research

   • Jan Howard, Mary L. Ganikos, Jane A. Taylor

   Pages 1-18

3. The Role of the Primary Care Practitioner in the Diagnosis and Management of Substance Abuse

   • George D. Comerci

   Pages 19-44

4. Using the DIS to Diagnose Drug and Alcohol Abuse

   • Robert E. Roberts, Howard M. Rhoades

   Pages 45-71

5. Sensation Seeking, Marijuana Use, and Responses to Prevention Messages

   • Lewis Donohew, David M. Helm, Patricia Lawrence, Milton J. Shatzer

   Pages 73-93

6. Evaluation of Girls Clubs of America’s Friendly PEERsuasion Program™

   • Marcia R. Chaiken

   Pages 95-132

7. Alcohol Use Among LDS and Other Groups Teaching Abstinence

   • Rick D. Hawks

   Pages 133-149

8. Hispanic Drug Abuse

   • Barbara V. Marin

   Pages 151-165

9. Prevention of Substance Abuse Problems in Women

   • Barbara W. Lex

   Pages 167-221

10. Effect of Regulation on Alcoholic Beverage Consumption

    • Jon P. Nelson

    Pages 223-243

11. Family Treatment of Alcoholism

    • Dawn M. Gondoli, Theodore Jacob

    Pages 245-262

12. Changing Drug Use Patterns and Treatment Behavior

    • Ann F. Brunswick, Peter A. Messeri, Angela A. Aidala

    Pages 263-311

13. Using Incentives, Lotteries, and Competitions in Work-Site Smoking Cessation Interventions

    • Steven W. Malone, Leonard A. Jason

    Pages 313-337

14. The Etiology and Consequences of Adolescent Drug Use

    • David W. Brook, Judith S. Brook

    Pages 339-362

15. Training Teachers for Substance Abuse Prevention

    • Susan J. Fordney, Randall M. Jones

    Pages 363-372

16. Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Treatment Outcome

    • Sandra A. Brown, Mariam A. Mott, Mark G. Myers

    Pages 373-403

17. Back Matter

    Pages 405-408

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A major national goal is to improve our health and advance our opportunities to pursue happiness. Simulta­ neously, there are increasing health care costs and increasing demands to accomplish more with less financial support. Treatment costs can be reduced and health improved by preventing the toxic effects of drugs. This first volume of our new series, Drug and Alcohol to reduce the use and Abuse Reviews, focuses on stategies abuse of common compounds known to cause major damage to health: alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin. With the number of deaths attributable to the consumption of alcohol in the US at about 100,000 per year, the annual cost of addictions will be $150 billion by 1995. A variety of approaches to preventing drug abuse are being applied by governmental agencies and health care providers to reduce costs. These include school-based inter­ ventions, driver education programs, media interventions, health warning labels, physician guidance, economic dis­ incentives, restricted availability, punishments and penalties, environmental protections, and social-support approaches. With such a range of options, it becomes critical to evaluate and choose the most effective systems for a given population. We feel that the present collection of critical survey articles constitutes a thorough examination of the issues and strategies associated with prevention, and trust that readers will find the book exceedingly helpful in under­ standing and planning what needs to be done.

• Public Health
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• health care
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• prevention
• public health campaigns

• University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  Ronald R. Watson

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