Written by international leaders in the field of alcoholism, this book provides an interdisciplinary source of information on alcoholism that links together science, policy, and public health in order to emphasise the importance of scientific knowledge with deciding public health policy.

• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• Contributors


• I. Framing the issues


• 1: David J. Hanson: Historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society


• 2: Jürgen Rehm and Kevin Shield: Key studies of alcohol and disease


• 3: James C. Harris: Cultural aspects: Representations of alcohol use in visual art


• 4: Anya Taylor: Cultural aspects: Illustrations of alcohol use in literature


• 5: Judy Cornes: Cultural aspects: Alcohol use in film


• 6: Robin Room: Sociocultural aspects of alcohol consumption


• II. Alcohol: chemistry and biology


• 7: Laurence I. Peterson: Chemistry of alcoholic beverages


• 8: Philip J. Brooks and Samir Zakhari: Alcohol metabolism and genetic control


• 9: David Goldman: Implications of the genetics of alcoholism and addictions for public policy


• 10: Wolfgang H. Sommer: Pathophysiology of alcohol addiction


• 11: Wade Berrettini and Karl E. Rickels: Opioid pharmacogenetics of alcohol addiction


• III. Patterns of consumption


• 12: Gerhard Gmel, Kevin Shield, and Jürgen Rehm: Tools for estimating alcohol consumption


• 13: Gerhard Gmel, Florian Labhart, Kevin Shield, Marg Rylett, Dirk Lachenmeier, and Jürgen Rehm: A global overview of alcohol consumption patterns


• 14: David Zaridze: Impact of extreme drinking on mortality


• 15: Dirk W. Lachenmeier, Gerhard Gmel, and Jürgen Rehm: Unrecorded alcohol consumption


• IV. Alcohol: gender and age-related issues


• 16: Ralph W. Hingson and Aaron M. White: Adolescent and teenage drinking


• 17: Richard W. Wilsnack and Sharon C. Wilsnack: Gender and alcohol: consumption and consequences


• 18: Jennifer G. Plebani, David W. Oslin, and Adam B. Lipson: Alcohol use in the elderly


• V. Alcohol, injury, and violence


• 19: Scott Macdonald, Alissa Greer, Jeff Brubacher, Cheryl Cherpitel, Tim Stockwell, and Corneilia Zeisser: Alcohol consumption and injury


• 20: James C. Fell and Robert B. Voas: Alcohol and road traffic injury


• 21: Alex E. Crosby, Victoria Espitia-Hardeman, LaVonne Ortega, and Briana Lozano: Alcohol and suicide


• 22: Megan R. Gerber: Alcohol and intimate partner violence


• 23: Stephen K. Talpins, Robyn Robertson, Erin Holmes, and Matthew Dunagan: Violence and crime


• VI. Alcohol and cancer


• 24: CJ Peter Eriksson: Alcohol and carcinogenesis: mechanisms and biomarkers


• 25: Mia Hashibe, Binh Y. Goldstein, Lin Cai, and Zuo-Feng Zhang: Upper aerodigestive tumours: mouth, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus


• 26: David Zaridze: Gastrointestinal tumours


• 27: Patrick Maisonneuve: Liver and pancreatic tumours


• 28: Peter Boyle: Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk


• 29: Claudio Pelucchi and Carlotta Galeone: Bladder and genitourinary tumours


• VII. Alcohol and non-malignant disease


• 30: William H. Frishman: Cardiac disease


• 31: Kenneth J. Mukamal: Vascular disease


• 32: Julia B. Greer and Dhiraj Yadav: Benign diseases of the gastrointestinal tract


• 33: Michael H. Miller, Frank Sullivan, and John F. Dillon: Liver disease


• 34: Dhiraj Yadav: Pancreatitis


• 35: Dolly Baliunas: Diabetes


• 36: Tarakad S. Ramachandran: Neurological and mental disorders


• 37: Andriy V.Samokhvalov, Paul A. Shuper, and Jürgen Rehm: Infectious disease


• 38: Kenneth R. Warren and Margaret M. Murray: Alcohol and pregnancy: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and the fetal alcohol syndrome


• VIII. Therapeutic aspects: current approaches


• 39: Amy O'Donnell and Eileen Kaner: Screening of high-risk drinkers


• 40: Eileen Kaner and Amy O'Donnell: Brief intervention: does it work?


• 41: Michael Soyka: Drug therapy: reviewing the evidence


• IX. Alcohol policy


• 42: Paul Miller and Marjana Martinic: 1. The private sector and public policy: can they be reconciled?


• 43: Aneel Karnani: Impact of alcohol on poverty and the need for appropriate policy


• 44: Esa Österberg: Control of alcohol availability: historical and current policies and their effects


• 45: Michael Livingston: Taxation and price control


• 46: Christine M. Wickens, Robert E. Mann, Gina Stoduto, Rosely Flam-Zalcman, and Jennifer Butters: Alcohol control measures and traffic safety


• 47: Claire Wilkinson: Public information and education campaigns


• 48: Harry Burns: Public information and education campaigns