Alcoholism in North America, Europe, and Asia

Zusatztext 'good comparative studies of alcohol misuse and alcohol dependence are rare! and this volume attempts to offer cross-cultural comparisons of alcohol misuse using a standardised instrument.' Alcohol and Alcoholism Klappentext This volume represents a landmark in the important and rapidly expanding literature of cross-cultural epidemiology that has been made possible by the worldwide popularity of the DSM-III and the multi-national use of a single survey instrument: the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). Reviewingpopulation survey findings across ten regions of North America, Europe, and Asia, this study is the first direct cross-national comparison of personal interview data on alcoholism, including prevalence rates and risk factors. The book carefully describes the background of the various surveys and themethods of analysis and comparison. Chapters on each region describe the prevalence of drinking problems, the symptomatic expression of alcoholism in that culture, aspects of the cultural background that are relevant to drinking behavior, and the association between alcoholism and other psychiatricdisorders. Of particular importance in this volume is the inclusion of a chapter on alcoholism in the Socialist Republic of China, from which very little scientific information has been readily available. The inclusion of eastern and western cultural perspectives offers insight into both universaland culturally distinct aspects of alcoholism. The volume is essential reading for psychiatrists, epidemiologists, sociologists, and alcohol theorists, researchers and clinicians. Zusammenfassung Reviews population survey findings for alcoholism across cultural regions in North America, Europe and Asia, describing the background of the surveys and the methods of analysis and comparison. It features the prevalence of drinking problems, their symptomatic expression and cultural background. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; North America; Europe; Asia and the pacific; Conclusions; Appendices; Index....

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• Authors: Glorisa J. Canino, Jhohn Helzer, John E. Helzer, John E. (Professor and Chairman Helzer, John E. M. D. Helzer
• Assisted by: Glorisa J. Canino (Editor), Glorisa J. (Associate Professor Canino (Editor), John E. Helzer (Editor), John E. (Professor and Chairman Helzer (Editor), Helzer John E. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.1992
• EAN: 9780195050905
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505090-5
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Europe, Asia, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, North America, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Clinical psychology, North America (USA and Canada), Drugs and alcohol: social aspects