Alcohol and alcohol problems : new thinking and new directions / edited by William J. Filstead, Jean J. Rossi, Mark Keller.

Cambridge, Mass. : Ballinger Pub. Co., [1976], ©1976.

viii, 304 pages ; 24 cm

Outgrowth of a symposium held at the Alcoholism Rehabilitation Center of the Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill., in the spring of 1973.

Problems with alcohol : an historical perspective / Mark Keller -- Problems drinking in the perspective of social change, 1940-1973 / Robert Straus -- Concepts / Selden D. Bacon -- Some possible origins of alcoholism / Henry B. Murphree -- Some issues in research on the biology of alcoholism / Nancy K. Mello -- "Treating" the treatment issues : some general observations about the treatment of alcoholism / Jean J. Rossi & William J. Filstead -- Evaluation of alcoholism treatment programs / Marc A. Schuckit & Don Cahalan -- The prevention of drinking problems / Joseph R. Gusfield.

Includes bibliographies and index.