PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

This report was prepared by a Committee of the Institute of Medicine at the request of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. It deals with research in the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related problems. The report is divided into three parts. In the first part, the committee examines the social and personal aspects of alcohol-related problems toward which prevention efforts are directed; delineates the features of a public health orientation that it deems most appropriate for the prevention task; discusses individual vulnerability to alcohol misuse; reviews genetic, developmental, and social learning perspectives on prevention; and indicates how various perspectives both differ from and complement each other. Also examined are relevant initiatives that have been undertaken at the community level in other health-related fields. The committee concludes by making recommendations for promising research opportunities that should be pursued. In Part II, which is devoted to treatment research, the committee begins its discussion with a brief historical introduction and then presents a review of recent research and future research opportunities. Part II also presents an overview of recent studies on the treatment of various medical sequelae of alcohol abuse, concluding with a discussion of research on cost considerations and related issues that are important to the formulation of public policy for the provision of alcohol treatment services. In the final part of the report, the committee concludes that cooperative multisite research efforts are indispensable to the implementation of the research directions it recommends. It also offers recommendations concerning the kinds of funding mechanisms deemed most suitable for achieving the agency's goals. The sections of this report of particular interest to transportation research concern drunk driving and seat belt use. An Index is provided.

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  National Academy of Sciences

  Institute of Medicine
  Washington, DC  United States  20418
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 353 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol abuse; Alcoholism; Countermeasures; Drunk driving; Manual safety belts; Prevention; Research; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Treatment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491951
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-309-04182-1
• Contract Numbers: ADM 281-87-0003
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM