Addiction Arena

Drinking in Context

Patterns, Interventions, and Partnerships

• Edited by Gerry Stimson, Marcus Grant, Marie Choquet and Preston Garrison.

Published December 2006

Drinking beverage alcohol is a widespread source of individual and social pleasure in most countries around the world. Yet, some drinking patterns can lead to serious physical, mental, and social harms. Drinking in Context is intended to complement existing volumes dealing with international…
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Alcohol

The Need and Potential for Partnership

• Edited by Marcus Grant, and Joyce O'Connor.

Published May 2005

Increased scrutiny on the part of the general public, media, and government has warranted a reexamination of corporate responsibilities, standards of accountability, the company's role in its local and extended community, and its ethical position in our society and culture. Corporate Social…
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Moonshine Markets

Issues in Unrecorded Alcohol Beverage Production and Consumption

• Edited by Alan Haworth, and Ronald Simpson.

Published November 2003

This text reports on patterns of consumption of non-branded alcohol in seven countries: Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Using local consultants, investigators interviewed families in each country, in both rural and urban areas, on the subject of their drinking habits…
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Aggression

Individual Differences, Alcohol And Benzodiazepines

• By Alyson Bond, Malcolm Lader and Jose da Silveira.

Published July 1997

The incidence of aggression and violence is of wide concern. It is therefore vital that we try to understand the mechanisms involved. This book outlines definitions and theories of aggressive behaviour and points out the contribution of both biological and psychological factors. Aggression…
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Clinical Neuropsychology of Alcoholism

• By Robert G Kinght, and Barry E. Longmore.

Published April 1996

Alcohol abuse is a major health problem in most parts of the world. This book focuses on the way in which alcohol affects the brain, with the aim of describing advances in the neuropsychology of alcoholism in a way that makes this work accessible to clinicians from a variety of backgrounds who…
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Shame, Guilt, and Alcoholism

Treatment Issues in Clinical Practice

• By Ron Potter-Efron, and Bruce Carruth.

Published March 1989

Increase your understanding of the link between alcoholism and shame and guilt with this tremendously important book that adds to our understanding of the total recovery process. This practical volume authoritatively defines the often elusive terms of shame and guilt and provides constructive…
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