Suggests that self-efficacy in relation to one's addiction is a factor in sustained sobriety, and explores implications for counseling. Treatment strategies that improve clients' coping skills, develop their sense of personal control, and enhance perceptions of self-efficacy reduce the risk of alcoholic relapses. (JAC)

The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was designed to serve as a reliable and quantifiable measure of alcohol dependence (M. Selzer, 1971). Since its introduction, the psychometric properties of the MAST have been studied extensively, but there are several questions that have not been addressed or only partially answered. The purpose of…

Adolescents need the opportunity learn and think about their use of alcohol just as desperately as they needed information about drugs. Unfortunately, most people, adolescent and adult, equate teaching about drinking with moralizing. (Authors)

A review of the research and literature on the subject of alcohol and youth which points out the complexity of the problem. Paper presented at the 14th Annual AMA-ASHA Session on School Health at San Francisco, California 1972. (JC)

Statements on the use of alcohol and marijuana are presented by the Committee on Drugs of the American School Health Association. It is recommended that these topics should be openly and freely discussed in the classroom and be included in the regular health curriculum, kindergarten through twelfth year. (Author/BY)

Pseudoconditioning (random shock delivery), sham conditioning (no shock), and ward controls (routine hospital treatment) ( were compared with two conditioning groups. Conditioning only (contingent shock) and booster Ss (additional conditioning sessions after release from hospital) were shocked for drinking and reinforced by shock termination for…

First of a three-part series points out that concern about the physical addiction of drugs has caused society to overlook the disastrous aspect of psychological need or habituation. The use of alcohol along with other drugs results in a multiplying effect that can be fatal. (MLF)

Opinions of secondary school students are presented regarding the risks of youthful intoxication. Findings suggest that, while respondents were aware that getting drunk or high at their age entails risks, these dangers appear worth taking. (Author/GK)

Item content of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was modified to make it more appropriate for young persons. The resulting test was found to have lower internal consistency than the adult MAST, but the elimination of five items with comparatively poor psychometric properties yielded an acceptable alpha coefficient. (Contains 10…

Concludes that the principle drug problems in the United States arise from the use of cigarette tobacco and alcoholic beverages. Identifies a drug culture as the persistent force in society that promotes drug use. Points out that the influence of the primary drug industries inhibit attempts to deal effectively with drug problems. (KO)

Alcoholic male inpatients (N=26) who preferred disulfiram and who were entering a 28-day rehabilitation program were given either disulfiram, placebo, or nothing and were re-assessed about preferring disulfiram at discharge. The results appeared to show that the preference for disulfiram was unaffected by the treatment conditions. (Author/NB)