Recent Developments in Alcoholism

I. Substance Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- Overview.- 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Abuse: Clinical Issues.- 2 The Interrelationship of Substance Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Epidemiological and Clinical Complications.- 3 Biological Mechanisms in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Relevance for Substance Abuse.- 4 Coping and Defending Styles among Vietnam Combat Veterans Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder.- 5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in World War II and Korean Combat Veterans with Alcohol Dependency.- II. Alcohol and Its Management in the Workplace.- Overview.- 6 The Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse among Employed Men and Women.- 7 Growth and Transformation in Workplace Alcoholism Programming.- 8 Constructive Confrontation and Other Referral Processes.- 9 Identification of Alcoholics in the Workplace.- 10 Monitoring the Process of Recovery: Using Electronic Pagers as a Treatment Intervention.- 11 Posttreatment Follow-up, Aftercare, and Worksite Reentry of the Recovering Alcoholic Employee.- 12 New Occupations and the Division of Labor in Workplace Alcoholism Programs.- III. Consequences of Alcohol Abuse Unique to Women.- Overview.- 13 Effects of Moderate Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Endocrine Function in Postmenopausal Women: Bases for Hypotheses.- 14 Effects of Alcohol Abuse on Reproductive Function in Women.- 15 Maternal Ethanol Use and Selective Fetal Malnutrition.- 16 Ethanol Metabolism and Hepatotoxicity: Does Sex Make a Difference?.- IV. Markers for Risk of Alcoholism and Alcohol Intake.- Overview.- 17 Physiological and Psychological Factors as Predictors of Alcoholism Risk.- 18 Brain Evoked Potentials as Predictors of Risk.- 19 Molecular Markers for Linkage of Genetic LociContributing to Alcoholism.- 20 Blood Markers of Alcoholic Liver Disease.- 21 Discriminant Function Analysis of Clinical Laboratory Data: Use in Alcohol Research.- 22 Acetaldehyde and Its Condensation Products as Markers in Alcoholism.