Alcohol and Aging

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Thinking Behind Alcohol Consumption in Old Age: Psychological and Sociological Reasons for Drinking in Old Age

      • Catherine Haighton

      Pages 3-16

3. Epidemiological Perspectives of Alcohol and Aging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Understanding Alcohol Consumption Patterns among Older Adults: Continuity and Change

      • Paul Sacco

      Pages 19-34

   3. Alcohol Use and Comorbid Psychiatric and Subsyndromal Disorders Among Older Adults

      • Alexis Kuerbis, Rachel Chernick, Daniel S. Gardner

      Pages 35-53

4. Alcohol Effects on Healthy Aging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease in Aging Populations

      • Edmond K. Kabagambe, Kenneth J. Mukamal

      Pages 57-64

   3. Cancer, Alcohol, and Aging

      • Christine L. Savage, Deborah S. Finnell, Amanda Choflet

      Pages 65-77

   4. Alcohol and Cognition

      • Brian Downer, Julie B. Boron

      Pages 79-96

   5. Alcohol, Injury, and Aging

      • Namkee G. Choi, Diana M. DiNitto, C. Nathan Marti, Bryan Y. Choi

      Pages 97-115

   6. Medications, Alcohol, and Aging

      • Patricia W. Slattum, Omar E. Hassan

      Pages 117-129

   7. The Intersection of Elder Abuse and Alcohol Misuse

      • Pamela B. Teaster, Nancy Brossoie

      Pages 131-147

   8. Social and Familial Contexts for Drinking Among Older Adults

      • Rachel Chernick, Alexis Kuerbis

      Pages 149-166

5. Clinical Issues of Alcohol and Aging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Screening and Assessment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Adults

      • Alison A. Moore, Alexis Kuerbis, Paul Sacco, Grace I. Chen, Maristela B. Garcia

      Pages 169-180

   3. Treatment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Adults

      • David W. Oslin, Faika Zanjani

      Pages 181-199

   4. Self-Medication with Alcohol: Aging Issues

      • Sarah L. Canham, Pia M. Mauro

      Pages 201-214

   5. Adapting SBIRT for Older Adults

      • Lawrence Schonfeld

      Pages 215-232

   6. Long-Term Care and Alcohol Use

      • Nicholas Castle, Mary Lindsey Smith, David G. Wolf

      Pages 233-246

This book provides a current perspective on alcohol and aging to better understand the trends, costs, benefits, and clinical and community evidenced-based strategies. This book embraces not only the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social health benefits of moderate drinking in the elderly, it also delves into the risks of excessive drinking, including physical and psychiatric morbidity, neurodegeneration, medication complications, and accidents and injuries, and loss of independence. Written by experts in the field, this book is the only current text that includes the most current scientific, research, empirical, and practice information alongside a comprehensive review of the status of the field that will help guide alcohol use management and stimulate future research.   


Alcohol and Aging is the ultimate resource for all researchers, educators, clinicians, and professionals working with older adults who drink.  

• Alcohol and geriatric diseases
• Alcohol misuse screening
• Alcohol use and public policy
• Rehabilitation in the Elderly
• Substance use in the elderly

• Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College at the City University of New York, New York, USA

  Alexis Kuerbis

• Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, USA

  Alison.A. Moore

• School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

  Paul Sacco

• Department of Behavioral & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

  Faika Zanjani

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