Alcoholism Treatment in Transition

Introduction Griffith Edwards and Marcus Grant. Part One: Transition as Challenge 1. The Doctor’s Dilemma George E. Vaillant 2. What Alcoholism Isn’t Borrowing Jerome H. Jaffe 3. Challenging Our Confusions Marcus Grant and Anthony Clare 4. Charting What Has Changed Marc A. Schuckit Part Two: Does Treatment Work? 5. The Rand Reports and the Analysis of Relapse David J. Armor 6. Patterns of Remission in Alcoholism J. Michael Polich 7. Alcoholism Treatment Effectiveness: Slicing the Outcome Variance Pie Raymond M. Costello 8. Treatment of Alcoholic Women Helen M. Annis Part Three: Towards Better Questions and Better Methodologies 9. Understanding Treatment: Controlled Trials and Other Strategies Jim Orford 10. Treatment Strategies for the Early Problem Drinker Ray J. Hodgson 11. Anybody Got a Match? Treatment Research and the Matching Hypothesis Frederick B. Glaser Part Four: Treatment System as Case For Study 12. The Meaning of ‘Treatment Services for Alcohol-Related Problems’ in Developing Countries David V. Hawks 13. Treatment-Seeking Populations and Larger Realities Robin Room 14. What Can Medicine Properly Take On? Klaus Mäkelä 15. Special Units for Common Problems: Alcoholism Treatment Units in England and Wales David Robinson and Betsy Ettore 16. Profiles of Treatment-Seeking Populations Harvey A. Skinner 17. Health Services Planning – Does It Ever Work? John M.M. Banham Part Five: Models in Transition 18. Sciences in Transition Rom Harré 19. Is There a Leading Theory? David L. Davies 20. Relapse in Alcoholism: Traditional and Current Approaches Gloria K. Litman Part Six: Alcohol Agendas 21. Alcoholism Treatment: Between Guesswork and Certainty Griffith Edwards. Notes on Contributors. Index.