Alcoholism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Assessment, Etiology, and Models of Alcoholism

   1. Comments on the Many Faces of Alcoholism

      • John L. Horn

      Pages 1-40

   2. Etiology of Alcoholism: Interdisciplinary Integration

      • Ralph E. Tarter

      Pages 41-70

   3. Toward a Multivariate Analysis of Alcohol Abuse

      • Glenn R. Caddy

      Pages 71-117

3. Behavioral Treatment Methods

   1. Alternative Skills Training in Alcoholism Treatment

      • Peter M. Miller

      Pages 119-142

   2. Treatment for Middle Income Problem Drinkers

      • Ovide Pomerleau, Michael Pertschuk, David Adkins, Eugene d’Aquili

      Pages 143-160

   3. Studies in Blood Alcohol Level Discrimination

      • Peter E. Nathan

      Pages 161-175

   4. Alternatives to Abstinence: Evidence, Issues and Some Proposals

      • Mark B. Sobell

      Pages 177-209

4. Behavioral Treatment Methods, Evaluation of Treatment Outcome, and Surveys of Drinking Behavior

   1. Relationships Between Drinking Behavior of Alcoholics in a Drinking-Decisions Treatment Program and Treatment Outcome

      • Arthur I. Alterman, E. Gottheil, H. K. Gellens, C. C. Thornton

      Pages 211-233

   2. Subcultural Differences in Drinking Behavior in U. S. National Surveys and Selected European Studies

      • Don Cahalan

      Pages 235-253

   3. Alcohol Treatment Outcome Evaluation: Contributions from Behavioral Research

      • Linda C. Sobell

      Pages 255-269

5. Cognitive and Social Factors

   1. Craving for Alcohol, Loss of Control, and Relapse: A Cognitive-Behavioral Analysis

      • G. Alan Marlatt

      Pages 271-314

   2. Booze, Beliefs, and Behavior: Cognitive Processes in Alcohol use and Abuse

      • G. Terence Wilson

      Pages 315-339

   3. Craving and Loss of Control

      • Ray Hodgson, Howard Rankin, Tim Stockwell

      Pages 341-349

   4. Relationship of Social Factors to Ethanol Self-Administration in Alcoholics

      • Roland R. Griffiths, George E. Bigelow, Ira Liebson

      Pages 351-379

6. Special Presentation

   1. A Nonbehaviorist’s View of the Behavioral Problem with Alcoholism

      • Mark Keller

      Pages 381-397

7. Back Matter

   Pages 399-403

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This book contains the fifteen invited papers delivered at the NATO International Conference on Experimental and Behavioral Appro­ aches to Alcoholism, held August 28 through September 1, 1977, at the Solstrand Fjord Hotel, Os, Norway. The editors of the book were Co-Directors of that conference. As well, 65 other scientists from 12 countries in the free world presented scientific papers on ex­ perimental and behavioral topics of relevance to alcoholism at the meeting. A most receptive audience of almost 200 persons also par­ ticipated actively in the discussions which followed every invited and contributed paper. The beauty of Norway, the hospitality of the proprietors of the Sol strand Fjord Hotel, the aura of Grieg and Troldhaugen, the en­ thusiasm of the speakers and participants - all combined to make the conference most memorable for those who attended it. Many persons and institutions deserve special thanks for their part in the success of the conference. Among these persons are Dr.

• alcohol
• behavior
• etiology
• experiment
• paper

• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

  Peter E. Nathan

• University of Washington, Seattle, USA

  G. Alan Marlatt

• University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  Tor Løberg

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