of Volume 6. - 1 Types of Alcohol Dependence. - Factors of Change. - The Need for a Unifying Concept. - Individual Variability. - The Problems of Alcohol. - Types of Alcohol Dependence. - The Concept of Social Dependence. - Summary and Some Implications for Research Prevention and Treatment. - 2 The Natural History of Alcoholism. - Historical Aspects. - Natural History Studies. - Alcoholism in Females. - Spontaneous Remission. - Social Drinking in Ex-Alcoholics. - Abstinence. - Morbidity. - Mortality. - Conclusions. - References. - 3 Psychiatric Characteristics of Alcoholics. - Acute Alcohol Psychoses: Intoxication and Withdrawal. - Alcoholism and Affective Disorders. - Alcoholism and Suicide. - Alcoholism and Schizophrenia. - Alcoholism and Sociopathy. - Alcoholism and Neurosis. - Treatment Implications. - Summary. - References. - 4 Clinical and Prealcoholic Personality Characteristics. - Objective Personality Batteries. - Projective Personality Tests. - Perceptual Tests. - A Clinical Alcoholic Personality Model. - References. - 5 Why Do Alcoholics Drink?. - The Evolution of Addictive Drinking Behavior. - The Issue of Loss of Control. - Individual Drinking Patterns. - Summary. - References. - 6 Alcoholism in Women. - The Causative Theories. - General Conclusions. - References. - 7 The Alcoholic Family. - Family Assessment and Measurement Techniques. - Family Environment and the Development of Alcoholism. - Family Determinants of the Course of Alcoholism. - The Impact of Alcoholism on the Family: Family Violence. - Conclusions. - References. - 8 Ethnicity and Nationality in Alcoholism. - Drinking Subcultures. - A Socialization Model of Drinking. - The Dynamics of Drinking Socialization. - The Effects of Assimilation on Ethnic Drinking Patterns. - Conclusion. - References. - 9 Religion and Alcoholism. - Theories of theMoral and Symbolic Dimensions of Drinking. - Religion and Drunkenness in Primitive and Traditional Societies. - Religion and Alcoholism in Modern Societies. - References. - 10 Social-Class Factors in Alcoholism. - Historical Background. - Institutional Rates. - Statistics of Troubles. - Direct Measures of Drinking. - Measures of Drinking Problems. - Summary Discussion and Conclusion. - References. - 11 Occupational Factors in Alcoholism. - Review of the Literature. - Structural Characteristics of Occupations. - Discussion and Conclusions. - References. - 12 Region and Urbanization as Factors in Drinking Practices and Problems. - Geography and Drinking. - Alcohol Measures and Geographic Variables. - Geographic Units and Alcohol Studies. - Variation by Region and Urbanicity in Drinking Practices and Problems in the United States. - New Data on Drinking Patterns. - Alcohol-Related Problems. - Regional Differences in an International Perspective. - Urban-Rural Differences in an International Perspective. - Alcohol and the Process of Urbanization. - References. - 13 A Comprehensive Theory of the Pathogenesis of Alcoholism. - System Dynamics. - A Theory of Alcoholism. - Investigating Ways to Deal with Alcoholism. - Conclusion. - References. Language: English