Prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse

The practical utility and limitations of research on individuals at high personal risk for alcoholism are critically examined using results from the Stockholm Adoption Study. Risk factors relevant at the level of individual cases and at the population level are reviewed. Important differences are noted between factors that influence the treatment of individual alcoholic patients and factors that influence the prevalence of alcoholism in a total population. Although knowledge about factors effective on the individual level is necessary for providing treatment, the authors emphasize that research aimed at prevention must also focus on other variables that are critical at the population level, such as education and commercial advertising which influence exposure to alcohol by changing social attitudes and expectations about alcohol use

Alcohol abuse · Alcohol education · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Nursing · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

• Lifetime Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders in Three Sites

  Lee N Robins•Archives of General Psychiatry•1984

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