Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from September 1998

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from September 1998

Biological, psychological and environmental predictors of the alcoholism risk: a longitudinal study.
September 1, 1998... It is a privilege to present the results from an ongoing study and to dedicate this review to Mark Keller. Mark was a guiding light in our field for decades and had an enduring impact on the data presented here. Early in my career, he was to me...

Personality pathology and drinking in young men at high and low familial risk for alcoholism.
September 1, 1998... THERE HAVE BEEN a number of studies that support the idea that there is a familial risk factor for alcoholism (Cloninger et al., 1981; Mathew et al., 1993; Sher, 1991). The degree to which this risk is genetic still remains to be determined...

Actual and estimated replication costs for alcohol treatment modalities: case study from Project MATCH.
September 1, 1998... IN THIS AGE of managed care, alcohol treatment costs are a matter of concern, not only to treatment providers and insurance carriers, but also to policy makers, clinicians and patients. Massive changes in the treatments paid for by third...

Influence of outpatient treatment and 12-step group involvement on on-year substance abuse treatment outcomes.
September 1, 1998... AS A TIME OF considerable risk for relapse (Polich et al., 1981), the year following inpatient treatment for substance abuse constitutes a crucial phase for patients with substance use disorders. Hence, programs encourage patients about to be...

Outcome of a controlled trial of the effectiveness of intensive case management for chronic public inebriates.
September 1, 1998... This article reports the results of a randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of a program of intensive case management services for a group of homeless, high frequency users of detoxification services. The intervention had the general...

Prenatal alcohol exposure and family history of alcoholism in the etiology of adolescent alcohol problems.
September 1, 1998... LONG-TERM NEGATIVE consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure have been demonstrated both in experimental studies of laboratory animals and in longitudinal studies of humans. Fetal alcohol effects include growth deficiency, attention problems,...

Adolescents, bush parties and drinking-driving.
September 1, 1998... ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION typically begins in adolescence and often takes place in settings that increase the probability of accidents. Indeed, drinking is responsible for a large number of injuries and deaths among youth. In Ontario, nearly 75% of...

Designated driving among college students.
September 1, 1998... A DESIGNATED DRIVER is generally defined as a person who agrees to abstain from drinking alcohol, and drives for one or more other persons who have consumed alcohol. The use of a designated driver is informal when a group of people who consume...

Female alcoholic outpatients and female college students: a correlational study of self-reported alcohol consumption and carbohydrate-deficient transferrin levels.
September 1, 1998... THERE ARE a number of situations in which the capability to detect recent, heavy alcohol consumption would be of great value. For example, early detection of relapse during treatment would allow the therapist or treatment team to react quickly...

Disruptive, delinquent and aggressive behavior in female adolescents with a psychoactive substance use disorder: relation to executive cognitive functioning.
September 1, 1998... A GROWING NUMBER of studies have documented a relation between Executive Cognitive Functioning (ECF) and aggressive behavior (reviewed in Giancola, 1995; Moffitt, 1993). ECF encompasses "higher-order" cognitive abilities such as attention,...

Drinking over the life course within gender and ethnic groups: a hperparametric analysis.
September 1, 1998... THERE IS NO DOUBT that drinking changes over the life course. In general, based on cross-sectional studies of individual drinking patterns in the United States, alcohol consumption rises rapidly to a peak in early adulthood and then gradually...

The clinical course of alcohol-related problems in alcohol dependent and nonalcohol dependent drinking women and men.
September 1, 1998... OVER THE YEARS many differences in alcohol use and problem patterns have been described for men and women. However, comparisons of alcoholic men and women are probably best viewed from the standpoint of whether the characteristics of...

Twelve-month abstinence from alcohol and long-term drinking and marital outcomes in men with severe alcohol problems.
September 1, 1998... A TOPIC of major importance in alcohol treatment is the course of alcohol use and of other areas of functioning following treatment admission and termination. The vast majority of the research that has been done on the topic has concerned...

Cognitive functioning and the inhibition of alcohol-induced aggression.
September 1, 1998... VIOLENCE is a serious problem in North America, with one of the most important situational determinants of aggression being alcohol intoxication (Baron and Richardson, 1994). Research has shown that more than half of all violent crimes are...

Workplace drinking climate, stress, and problem indicators: assessing the influence of teamwork (group cohesion).
September 1, 1998... WHILE job-related alcohol use may be associated with several problems, little is known about the effects of employee drinking on co-workers. Studies show that individuals who use alcohol may exhibit problems of work performance, including...

Harm Reduction: A New Direction for Drug Policies and Programs.
September 1, 1998... Harm Reduction: A New Direction for Drug Policies and Programs, by Patricia G. Erickson, Diane M. Riley, Yuet W. Cheung and Patrick A. O'Hare (Eds.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997, 476 + xii pages, $65.00 (cloth), $30.00 (paper). ...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities.
September 1, 1998... Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities, by Ann Streissguth. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co., 1997, 360 + xxvii pages, $22.95 (cloth). Few people are so closely tied to the study of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) as...