Administrator recounts experience growing up in alcoholic home, hoping to inspire other school professionals helping young people with substance abuse problems. Although helping others seems natural for adult children of alcoholics, certain unconsciously held attitudes and behaviors can impede school prevention and recovery programs. Organizations…

Reviews knowledge about suicide in alcoholism: how commonly suicide among alcoholics occurs; which alcoholics commit suicide and why; suicide among alcoholic women and alcoholic physicians; possible predisposing biological factors; possible linkages with depression, adverse life events, and personality disorder; and future research and directions.…

Examined the long-term outcome of broad-spectrum behavioral treatment for alcoholism and the relative effects of training controlled drinking skills. Showed no significant difference between groups on any dependent measure at the 5-6 year follow-up point. Analyzes the stability of drinking patterns and presents predictors of outcome at 5-6 years.…

An expanded approach to alcohol survey use is suggested which is based on the collection of data regarding students' perceptions of peer norms as well as personal attitudes toward alcohol use. The uses of surveys are illustrated with case study examples from an ongoing project connected with counseling and educational outreach activities.…

Reviews the issues of college students' drinking. Outlines reasons for students' drinking and suggests ways of decreasing students' alcohol abuse. Supports alcohol abuse awareness and prevention programs on campuses. (ABB)

The numerous company programs in North America that have developed countermeasures against drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace, ranging from prevention, health promotion and education, to treatment and rehabilitation, provide instructive examples of an effective approach that in most cases has more than paid for its cost. (Author/CT)

Analyzed data on services offered to battering males in a survey of 90 agencies. Found that most agencies are young, inadequately funded, and provide diverse services independent of each other, and that batterers exhibit characteristics that need specific treatment. Described a developing model for successful treatment. (JAC)

Presents evidence of welfare activity in a number of work organizations based in Scotland that have introduced recovery programs for employees with alcohol-related problems. The study points to extensive involvement by personnel specialists in the operation of these policies. (CT)

Comparisons of 95 Native American women alcoholics with 39 Caucasian women alcoholics, using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, indicated Native Americans were more toughminded and more extroverted. Discusses the need to translate personality differences between Caucasian and Native American women alcoholics into both traditional and…

Suggests a strategy for researchers and caregivers to use in asking children about their parents' drinking. Use of the CAF survey item (children from alcoholic family) in the CASPAR (Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism Rehabilitation) Project is described, and reliability and validity data presented. (JAC)

Reviews risk of psychosocial problems related to drinking among "grown-up" children of alcoholics. Argues that genetic predisposition is best predictor available; this may be more influential near severe end of alcoholism spectrum, may be less influential in females, and may lead to differences in symptomatology and management.…

Describes various terms used in discussion of addictive disorders and how they relate to one another. Proposes the term "intrapsychic addiction" to describe the substrate of the externally manifested addictions. Reviews the physical, psychological, and social factors predisposing children to addiction. Presents a model relating these…

Two representative family studies are reviewed to illustrate how they could have benefited from the inclusion of alcohol-related data. Three suggested alterations in methodology are offered to close this "alcohol gap." Lastly, the discussion offers several explanations for why alcohol abuse has been so uniformly ignored by family researchers.…

When assessing quality of life satisfaction in relation to an individual's recovery from an addiction, such as alcoholism, the expressed need for spiritual well-being is frequently a significant aspect of the psychotherapeutic encounter. Some of the quantitative and qualitative aspects of spiritual well-being in recovering alcoholics are examined.…