Alcohol use is complex and multifaceted. Our understanding must be also. Alcohol use, both problematic and not, can be understood at many levels – from basic biological systems through to global public health interventions. To provide the multi-level perspective needed to address this complexity, the Handbook of Alcohol Use draws together an eclectic set of authors, including both researchers and practitioners, to examine the causes, processes and effects of alcohol consumption. Specifically, this book approaches the topic from biological, individual cognition, small group/systems, and domestic/global population perspectives. Each examines alcohol use differently and each offers its own ways to combat problematic behavior. While these alternative viewpoints are sometimes construed as incompatible or antagonistic, the current volume also explores how they can be complimentary.In summary, the Handbook of Alcohol Use brings together an international group of experts to explore how alcohol use can be understood from various perspectives and how these conceptualizations relate. In doing so, it allows us to understand alcohol consumption, and our responses to it, more from an account which spans ‘from synapse to society’.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedications - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xxi 10. Section 1: Positioning alcohol use and misuse - p. xxii 11. Chapter 1. Contemplating the micro and macro of alcohol use and misuse to enable meta-understandings - p. 3 12. Chapter 2. The world’s favorite drug: What we have learned about alcohol from over 500,000 respondents to the Global Drug Survey - p. 17 13. Chapter 3. Transparency and replication in alcohol research - p. 49 14. Section 2: Within the body and mind - p. 68 15. Chapter 4. Alcohol and mental health: Co-occurring alcohol use and mental health disorders - p. 81 16. Chapter 5. The pharmacological understandings of alcohol use and misuse - p. 107 17. Chapter 6. Learning from the dead: How death provides insights into alcohol-related harm - p. 141 18. Section 3: The individual - p. 150 19. Chapter 7. Levels of cognitive understanding: Reflective and impulsive cognition in alcohol use and misuse - p. 157 20. Chapter 8. Social cognition in severe alcohol use disorder - p. 175 21. Chapter 9. Metacognitive therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder: Theoretical foundations and treatment principles - p. 201 22. Chapter 10. Promoting problem recognition amongst harmful drinkers: A conceptual model for problem framing factors - p. 221 23. Chapter 11. A psychological-systems goal-theory model of alcohol consumption and treatment - p. 237 24. Chapter 12. Alcohol consumption in context: The effect of psych-socio-environmental drivers - p. 261 25. Section 4: The group - p. 273 26. Chapter 13. I can keep up with the best: The role of social norms in alcohol consumption and their use in interventions - p. 285 27. Chapter 14. Alcohol consumption and group decision making - p. 303 28. Chapter 15. An identity-based explanatory framework for alcohol use and misuse - p. 329 29. Section 5: Cultural questions - p. 345 30. Chapter 16. Alcohol consumption and cultural systems: Global similarities and differences - p. 355 31. Chapter 17. Alcohol and the legal system: Effects of alcohol on eyewitness testimony - p. 379 32. Chapter 18. Spiritual and religious influences - p. 399 33. Chapter 19. Alcohol use in adolescence across U.S. race/ethnicity: Considering cultural factors in prevention and interventions - p. 419 34. Chapter 20. Alcohol use and misuse: Perspectives from seldom heard voices - p. 453 35. Section 6: Taking it into practice - p. 472 36. Chapter 21. Theory-driven interventions: How social cognition can help - p. 485 37. Chapter 22. Taking social identity into practice - p. 511 38. Chapter 23. Working together: Opportunities and barriers to evidence-based practice - p. 531 39. Chapter 24. Transdermal alcohol monitors: Research, applications, and future directions - p. 551 40. Chapter 25. Recovery from addiction: A synthesis of perspectives from behavioral economics, psychology, and decision modeling - p. 563 41. Section 7: Future directions - p. 573 42. Chapter 26. Alcohol addiction: A disorder of self-regulation but not a disease of the brain - p. 583 43. Author Index - p. 605 44. Subject Index - p. 643
Alcohol use is complex and multifaceted. Our understanding must be also. Alcohol use, both problematic and not, can be understood at many levels – from basic biological systems through to global public health interventions. To provide the multi-level perspective needed to address this complexity, the Handbook of Alcohol Use draws together an eclectic set of authors, including both researchers and practitioners, to examine the causes, processes and effects of alcohol consumption. Specifically, this book approaches the topic from biological, individual cognition, small group/systems, and domestic/global population perspectives. Each examines alcohol use differently and each offers its own ways to combat problematic behavior. While these alternative viewpoints are sometimes construed as incompatible or antagonistic, the current volume also explores how they can be complimentary.In summary, the Handbook of Alcohol Use brings together an international group of experts to explore how alcohol use can be understood from various perspectives and how these conceptualizations relate. In doing so, it allows us to understand alcohol consumption, and our responses to it, more from an account which spans ‘from synapse to society’.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedications - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xxi 10. Section 1: Positioning alcohol use and misuse - p. xxii 11. Chapter 1. Contemplating the micro and macro of alcohol use and misuse to enable meta-understandings - p. 3 12. Chapter 2. The world’s favorite drug: What we have learned about alcohol from over 500,000 respondents to the Global Drug Survey - p. 17 13. Chapter 3. Transparency and replication in alcohol research - p. 49 14. Section 2: Within the body and mind - p. 68 15. Chapter 4. Alcohol and mental health: Co-occurring alcohol use and mental health disorders - p. 81 16. Chapter 5. The pharmacological understandings of alcohol use and misuse - p. 107 17. Chapter 6. Learning from the dead: How death provides insights into alcohol-related harm - p. 141 18. Section 3: The individual - p. 150 19. Chapter 7. Levels of cognitive understanding: Reflective and impulsive cognition in alcohol use and misuse - p. 157 20. Chapter 8. Social cognition in severe alcohol use disorder - p. 175 21. Chapter 9. Metacognitive therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder: Theoretical foundations and treatment principles - p. 201 22. Chapter 10. Promoting problem recognition amongst harmful drinkers: A conceptual model for problem framing factors - p. 221 23. Chapter 11. A psychological-systems goal-theory model of alcohol consumption and treatment - p. 237 24. Chapter 12. Alcohol consumption in context: The effect of psych-socio-environmental drivers - p. 261 25. Section 4: The group - p. 273 26. Chapter 13. I can keep up with the best: The role of social norms in alcohol consumption and their use in interventions - p. 285 27. Chapter 14. Alcohol consumption and group decision making - p. 303 28. Chapter 15. An identity-based explanatory framework for alcohol use and misuse - p. 329 29. Section 5: Cultural questions - p. 345 30. Chapter 16. Alcohol consumption and cultural systems: Global similarities and differences - p. 355 31. Chapter 17. Alcohol and the legal system: Effects of alcohol on eyewitness testimony - p. 379 32. Chapter 18. Spiritual and religious influences - p. 399 33. Chapter 19. Alcohol use in adolescence across U.S. race/ethnicity: Considering cultural factors in prevention and interventions - p. 419 34. Chapter 20. Alcohol use and misuse: Perspectives from seldom heard voices - p. 453 35. Section 6: Taking it into practice - p. 472 36. Chapter 21. Theory-driven interventions: How social cognition can help - p. 485 37. Chapter 22. Taking social identity into practice - p. 511 38. Chapter 23. Working together: Opportunities and barriers to evidence-based practice - p. 531 39. Chapter 24. Transdermal alcohol monitors: Research, applications, and future directions - p. 551 40. Chapter 25. Recovery from addiction: A synthesis of perspectives from behavioral economics, psychology, and decision modeling - p. 563 41. Section 7: Future directions - p. 573 42. Chapter 26. Alcohol addiction: A disorder of self-regulation but not a disease of the brain - p. 583 43. Author Index - p. 605 44. Subject Index - p. 643
