Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from May 2001

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from May 2001

Selection of Screening Items for Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence among Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the Emergency Department(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... ALTHOUGH ALCOHOL has been found to be a major risk factor for both intentional and unintentional injuries in emergency department (ED) settings (Borges et al., 1998; Cherpitel, 1993; Roizen, 1989), there is no routine surveillance system in...

Gender and Reported Health Problems in Treated Alcohol Dependent Alaska Natives(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... ALCOHOL ABUSE AND its consequences are identified as among the most serious of health problems facing Native Americans, including Alaska Natives (Shalala et al., 1996). The mortality rate due to alcoholism is 5.5 times greater among Native...

Validity of the CAGE Questionnaire in an American Indian Population.(acronym for the four questions asked by a health interviewer regarding alcohol consumption)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... ACUTE AND CHRONIC alcohol misuse contributes to high rates of morbidity and mortality among American Indians (Lewis, 1982; Lowe et al., 1997). In one tribe, for example, external causes (e.g., automobile accidents, homicides, suicides) are the...

Differences in Drinking Patterns among Ashkenazic and Sephardic Israeli Adults(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION varies greatly between countries and between ethnic groups within countries (Caetano et al., 1998; Cheung, 1993). Studies among whites, blacks and Hispanics in the U.S. (Caetano and Clark, 1998a; Dawson, 1998) have found...

Alcohol Use among College Students: The Effects of Prior Problem Behaviors and Change of Residence(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... RECENT STUDIES concerning the drinking practices of college students have examined the influences of normative and situational aspects of residence (especially for students in fraternities and sororities) on heavy episodic alcohol consumption...

Disinhibition and Expectancy in Risk for Alcohol Use: Comparing Black and White College Samples.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... RECENT CONCEPTUALIZATIONS of the etiology of alcoholism have focused on integrating factors from a variety of perspectives (physiological, behavioral and environmental) into a probabilistic developmental framework, in which risk is...

Successful Remission of Late-Life Drinking Problems: A 10-Year Follow-Up(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... PROBLEM DRINKING among older adults is a growing public health concern, with up to 10% of the elderly population of the United States being heavy or problem drinkers, and 2%-4% meeting diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence (Adams...

Effects of Age and Alcoholism on Sleep: A Controlled Study(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... SLEEP DISORDERS are especially common in older adults. Insomnia affects 25% to 45% of older adults (age [is greater than or equal to] 65) (Mellinger et al., 1985), sleep apnea affects 24% to 42% (Ancoli-Israel and Kripke, 1991) and periodic...

MADD Victim Impact Panels and Stages-of-Change in Drunk-Driving Prevention(*).(Mothers Against Drunk Driving )(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... VICTIM IMPACT PANELS (VIPs) are provided by over 200 Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) chapters in the United States to an estimated 400,000 DWI (driving while intoxicated) offenders per year. However, past evaluations of the effects of MADD...

The Effect of an Enhanced Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Intervention on EAP Utilization(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (EAPs) are the principal intervention mechanism for dealing with alcohol and other health and behavioral problems in the workplace (Blum and Roman, 1989). EAPs offer a wide range of services, including training and...

Prospective Matching of Alcoholic Clients to Cognitive-Behavioral or Interactional Group Therapy(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... IN RECENT YEARS, there has been growing interest in the possibility that treatment efficacy may depend upon characteristics of the clients being treated (Snow, 1991). In the alcoholism field, particularly, there have been efforts to identify...

Evaluating a Brief Alcohol Intervention with Fraternities(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... EXCESSIVE USE OF ALCOHOL represents a significant threat to public health in the United States. Approximately 100,000 deaths and nearly $150 billion in economic costs are attributable to problem alcohol use in this country annually (National...

Four-Year Outcomes from Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Treatment(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... KNOWLEDGE OF treatment response for alcohol and drug problems among adults is growing (Leshner, 1997); however, less is known about the long-term outcome of adolescents who have received treatment for substance use problems (Winters, 1999)....

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) for Mild to Moderate Alcohol Dependence(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... UNTIL RECENTLY, psychological interventions have been the mainstay of the treatment of alcohol dependence, in the absence of clearly effective pharmacotherapeutic interventions (O'Malley et al., 1992). An array of psychological treatments has...

Alcohol and Eye Diseases: A Review of Epidemiologic Studies(*).(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... ALCOHOL HAS BEEN widely consumed through the ages for its perceived benefits as a social lubricant and for relaxation. Although alcohol has long been recognized to be causally associated with a number of medical conditions (e.g., liver...

Drinkers, Drivers, and Bartenders: Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Drinkers, Drivers, and Bartenders: Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability, by Frank A. Sloan, Emily M. Stout, Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein and Lan Liang. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000, 293 + xiv pages, $50.00 (cloth),...

CORRESPONDENCE.
May 1, 2001... Dear Editor: In the May 2000 issue of JSA, Thomas Gray (Gray, 2000) calls our attention to a report by L. Wilkinson (Wilkinson, 1999) that represents the deliberations of the distinguished 12-member Task Force on Statistical Inference,...