Alcohol Problems and Aging

This monograph was developed from papers presented at the 1996 national conference on alcohol & aging sponsored by the Nat. Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA); the U. of Michigan Alcohol Research Center, which is mandated to study alcohol & aging: & the Dept. of Psychiatry of the U. of Michigan School of Medicine. The conference was divided into consecutive sessions covering epidemiology; basic genetic, biological, & developmental mechanisms; the course & consequences of elderly problem drinking; & treatment & prevention. Sections of this monograph include basic issues, biological mechanisms, course & consequences, treatment & prevention, & a chapter summarizing research issues & priorities.Goldberg, Edith S. Lisansky is the author of 'Alcohol Problems and Aging', published 2000 under ISBN 9780788189814 and ISBN 0788189816.