Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Volume 2

431 Pages·1984·12.81 MB·English

by  Christine L. Melchior

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
ALCOHOLISM
VOLUME 2
RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN
Edited by
MARC GALANTER
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Associate Editors
HENRI BEG LEITER, RICHARD DEITRICH,
DONALD GOODWIN, EDWARD GOTTHEIL,
ALFONSO PAREDES, MARCUS ROTHSCHILD,
and DAVID VA N THEIL
Editorial Assistant
BARBARA SCHEPIS
An Official Publication of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism
and the Research Society on Alcoholism. This series was founded by the
National Council on Alcoholism.
ALCOHOLISM
VOLUME 2
Learning and Social Models
Alcohol and the Liver
Aging and Alcoholism
Anthropology
PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON
ISBN -13 :978-1-4684-4663 -0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4684-4661-6
DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4661-6
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National Coundl on Alcoholism
Chairnum of the Board Executive Director Mrs. Marva Hines
John R. Doyle Walter J. Murphy Norvin e. Keifer, M.D., M.P.H.
President: Frank e. Brooks Executive Commiliee Charles S. Lieber, M.D.
Vice Chainnan Edward J. Avila Joseph F. Lord
Anne G. Basker Anne G. Basker John K. Maciver
Honorary President John D. Bealer, M.D. Hon. Eugene K. Mangum
R. Brinkley Smithers Charles S. Blackford m Mrs. Frank Mansell
Vice Presidents Frank e. Brooks Nicholas A. Pace, M.D.
Martha B. Baker Thomas P. Carpenter David J. Pittman, Ph.D.
Ernest P. Noble, M.D., Ph.D. Jasper G. Chen See, M.D. James M. Roche
Hon. Harold Hood Stephen M. Oement, M.D. Kay Santiago, R.N.
Wheelock Whitney Luther A. Ooud, M.D. Robert Scott
Secretary Antonia B. D'Angelo, A.e.S.w. R. Keith Simpson, D.O., D.P.H.
Haven H. Phillips John Doyle Gordon L. Steinhauer
Treasurer William L. Eck, Ed.D. Thomas G. Terbell
Ford J. Brent Mrs. John L. Hart Joseph J. Zuska, M.D.
American Medical Society on Alcoholism
President Immediait Past President Donald W. Goodwin, M.D.
LeClair Bissell, M.D. Sheila B. Blume, M.D. Charles S. Lieber, M.D.
Vice President Executive Commiliee Ernest P. Noble, M.D., Ph.D.
Irvin L. Blose, M.D. Marvin A. Block, M.D. Oliver K. Roth, M.D.
Treasurer Luther A. Ooud, M.D. (AAFP Liaison Member)
Percy E. Ryberg. M.D. Ruth Fox, M.D. Frank A. Seixas, M.D .
Secretary (Life Member) .M axwell N. Weisman, M.D.
Jasper G. Chen See, M.D. Stanley E. GitIow, M.D. Joseph J. Zuska, M.D.
Research Society on Alcoholism
President Vice President Treasurer
Richard A. Deitrich, Ph.D. Carlton K. Erickson, Ph.D. Henri Begleiter, M.D., Ph.D.
President·Euei Secretary Immediait Past President
Boris Tabakoff, Ph.D. Virginia E. Davis, Ph.D. Dora B. Goldstein, M.D.
Editorial Board
Chairnum Richard L. Douglass Robert Landeen, M.D.
Charles S. Lieber, M.D. M.P.H., Ph.D. Ting·Kai Li, M.D.
Burton M. Altura, Ph.D. Louis Faillace, M.D. Albert B. Lowenfels, M.D.
V. Adm. Willard P. Arentzen Vernelle Fox, M.D. Peter E. Nathan, Ph.D.
M.e., U.S.N. Richard Fuller, M.D. Donald J. Ottenberg. M.D.
Herbert Barry ill, Ph.D. Donald M. Gallant, M.D. Joseph A. Pursch, M.D., U.S.N.
Henri Begieiter, M.D., Ph.D. Stanley E. GitIow, M.D. Steven Schenker, M.D.
Floyd E. Bloom, M.D. Dora Goldstein, M.D. George Vaillant"M.D.
Irvin L. Blose, M.D. Donald W. Goodwin, M.D. David Van Thiel, M.D.
Sheila B. Blume, M.D. Robert R. J. Hilker, M.D. Maxwell N. Weisman, M.D.
Bernice E. Coleman, M.D. Yedy Israel. Ph.D. Joseph Westermeyer, M.D.
George Jacobson, Ph.D. Sheldon Zimberg. M.D.
Contributors
Joan Ablon, Medical Anthropology Program, Departments of Epidemiology
and International Health and Psychiatry, University of California, San
Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143
Linda A. Bennett, Center for Family Research, Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center,
Washington, D.C. 20037
Irvin L. Blose, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Greenville, North Car
olina 27834
Nelson Butters, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston Uni
versity School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02130
Richard A. Deitrich, Department of-Pharmacology, University of Colorado
School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80220
Richard L. Douglass, Institute on Aging, Jewish ,Home for Aged, Detroit
Michigan 48219
Gaylord D. Ellison, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 .
John W. Finney, Social Ecology Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford,
CaliforrUa 94305; and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto,
California 94305
Gerhard Freund, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Gainesville,FIor
ida 32602; and Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience, Alcohol
Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida 32610
John T. Galambos, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine,
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Marc Galanter, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medi
cine, Bronx, New York 10461
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viii Contributors
John Garcia, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los An
geles, Los Angeles, California 90024
Andrew J. Gordon, Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center,
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York 10019; and
Department of Socio-Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Colum
bia University, New York, New York 10027; and Department of Anthro
pology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Ellen R. Gordon, Yale Liver Study Unit, Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Edward Gottheil, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson
Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsyl
vania 19107
Dick Gregory, State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma 73152
Dwight B. Heath, Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Provi
dence, Rhode Island 02912
Thomas W. Hill, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614
Frank A. Holloway, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Uni
versity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73190
Carolyn Jenuine Hopper, UCLA Alcohol Research Center, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024
Yedy Israel, Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S lAB, Canada; and Addiction Research
Foundation, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S1, Canada
Sungchul Ji, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina School
of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Pamela S. Kegg, State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma 73152
John J. Lemasters, Laboratories for Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy,
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina 27514
Contributors ix
Charles S. Lieber, Alcohol Research and Treatment Center and Section of
Liver Disease and Nutrition, Bronx Veterans Administration Medical
Center, Bronx, New York 10468; and Mount Sinai School of Medicine
(City University of New York), New York, New York 10029
Carl A. Maida, Adult Psychiatry Program, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Center
for the Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los An
geles, California 90024
Christine L. Melchior, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research and Training Pro
gram, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of illinois
Medical Center, Chicago, illinois 60680
Esteban Mezey, Department of Medicine, Baltimore City Hospitals, and The
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Rudolf H. Moos, Social Ecology Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford,
California 94305; and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto,
California 94304
Hector Orrego, Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S lAB, Canada; and Addiction Research
Foundation, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S1, Canada
Alfonso Paredes, Substance Abuse Program, Brentwood Division, Veterans
Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90073; and De
partment of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los An
geles, California 90024
Allen D. Potthoff, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024
Stan P. Riepe, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory
University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
O. H. Rundell, Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
Kenneth W. Rusiniak, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024
Christopher Ryan, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Jack Sherman, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los An
geles, Los Angeles, California 90024
" Contributors
Michael F. Sorrell, Liver Study Unit, Veterans Administration Medical Cen
ter, Omaha, Nebraska 68105; and Departments of Internal Medicine and
Biochemistry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
68105
Thomas Stanitis, State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma 73152
Boris Tabakoff, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research and Training Program,
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois Medical
Center, Chicago, Illinois 60680; and Westside Veterans Administration
Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Ronald G. Thurman, Department of Pharmacology, University of North
Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Dean J. Tuma, Liver Study Unit, Veterans Administration Medical Center,
Omaha, Nebraska 68105; and Departments of Internal Medicine and Bio
chemistry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
68105
Jack O. Waddell, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue Uni
versity, Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Joseph Westermeyer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455