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Alcoholism: An Introduction

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Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry ((CIPS))

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Alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine are the most widely used drugs in Western civilizations, and alcohol is the most acutely destructive of the three.1 Probably reflecting this preeminence of alcohol, there is a great deal of information available on the epidemiology, the natural history, and the treatment of alcohol-related disorders. Thus, alcohol is used in this text as a prototype for the discussion of other pharmacological agents. Information on alcohol is presented in three chapters: this chapter covers the pharmacology of alcohol, definitional problems surrounding this drug, the epidemiology of drinking patterns and problems, the natural history of alcoholism, and some data on etiology. Chapter 4 is an overview of treatment of acute problems. Finally, chapter 15 offers information on rehabilitation of the alcoholic.

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