Ruth C. Engs, [Editor] Controversies in the Addiction's Field. Kendal-Hunt: Dubuque, Iowa, 1990
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . v
INTRODUCTION by Ruth C. Engs (Editor) . . . . . vi
Author list . . . . . ix
SECTION A: WHAT IS THE NATURE OF ALCOHOLISM AND/OR DRUG ADDICTION ?
Chapter 1 - The grand unification theory of alcohol abuse: It's time to stop fighting each other and start working together by Reid K Hester and Nancy Sheehy . . . . . 2.
Chapter 2 - Evidence for a genetic factor in alcoholism by Donald W. Goodwin . . . . .10
Chapter 3 - Neurobiological and genetic basis for alcoholism based upon research in animal models by Ting-Kai Li . . . . .17
Chapter 4 - Neurobiological basis of alcohol reinforcement and drinking by Robert D. Myers . . . . . 25
Chapter 5 - Environmental basis for alcoholic disorders: Future prospects by Howard T. Blane . . . . . 39
Chapter 6 - Why we should reject the disease concept of alcoholism by Herbert Fingarette . . . . . 48
Chapter 7 - The biopsychosocial model: Application to the addictions field by Karol L. Kurnpfer, Eric P. Trunnell and Henry 0. Whiteside . . . . . 55
SECTION B: DO WE NEED A VARIETY OF PUBLIC POLICIES TO PREVENT ALCOHOL ABUSE?
Chapter 8 - Thinking about alcohol controls by Robin Room . . . . . . 68
Chapter 9 - Flawed policies from flawed premises: Pseudo-science about alcohol and drugs by Dwight B. Heath . . . . . 76
SECTION C: SHOULD THE MINIMUM DRINKING (PURCHASE AGE) BE LOWERED?
Chapter 10 - The drinking age should be lowered by David J. Hanson . . . . . 85
Chapter 11 - Why we need a minimum purchase age of 21 by Richard J. Goeman . . . . .96
SECTION D: SHOULD WE HAVE MANDATORY DRUG TESTING AT THE WORKSITE?
Chapter 12 - Mandatory random testing needs to be undertaken at the worksite by Robert L. DuPont . . . . . 105
Chapter 13 - Drug testing: Probable cause only by Thomas J. Delaney, Jr. . . . . . 112
SECTION E: SHOULD THERE BE MORE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON ALCOHOL BEVERAGE ADVERTISEMENTS?
Chapter 14 - Alcohol advertising: Regulation can help by Kimberly Neuendorf . . . . . 119
Chapter 15 - Alcohol advertising: Restrictions without due cause by Hal Shoup and Christine Dobday . . . . . 130
SECTION F: ARE WARNING LABELS EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING ALCOHOL ABUSE?
Chapter 16 - The right to know by Donna Polowchena . . . . . . 137
Chapter 17 - Health Warning labels on alcoholic beverages by David Pittrnan . . . . . . .144
SECTION G: SHOULD WOMEN BE ADVISED TO ABSTAIN COMPLETELY FROM ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY?
Chapter 18 - Drinking in pregnancy: A recommendation for complete abstinence by Sterling Clarren . . . . . 151
Chapter 19 - Is occasional light drinking during pregnancy harmful? by Ernest Abel and Robert Sokol . . . . . . 158
SECTION H: ARE SCHOOL BASED ALCOHOL/DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE?
Chapter 20 - School based alcohol and drug education programs can be effective by Stuart Fors . . . . . .167
Chapter 21 - A review of school based drug education programs: Do we expect too much? by Louis Gliksman and Cynthia Smythe, . . . . . 175
Chapter 22 - Alcohol and Drug Education: School and Community Factors by Gail Milgram . . . . . . 184
SECTION I: SHOULD ABSTINENCE BE THE ONLY TREATMENT MODEL FOR ALCOHOLISM AND PROBLEM DRINKING?
Chapter 23 - Abstinence and non-abstinence goals in treatment: A case study in the sociology of knowledge by John Wallace . . . . .192
Chapter 24 - Toward client choice in treatment for alcohol-related problems by Martha Sanchez-Craig . . . . . 203
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