Biological Aspects of Alcoholism: Implications for Prevention, Treatment, and Policy (WHO Expert Series on Neuroscience, 4)

By Boris Tabakoff

Alcohol abuse and dependence are extremely severe social problems, but are they true clinical syndromes? Or are they and related terms merely convenient labels for an array of behavioural problems? This volume provides up-to-date information from the world's leading researchers that directly addresses these important issues, looking at aspects such as genetic factors, ethnic differences and the metabolic consequences of alcohol abuse. It also examines medical topics, such as the special needs of women drinkers, the pharmacology of alcohol abuse, the psychobiology of craving and the neurological effects of alcohol.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088937130X
• ISBN13: 9780889371309
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.0" x 9.0"