This sixteenth volume in Recent Developments in Alcoholism focuses on treatment research. Sections on methodology, psychosocial treatments, pharmacotherapy, other treatment topics, and research priorities are included. In addition to series editor Marc Galanter, section editors include John P. Allen, Richard Fuller, Raye Litten, and Michael Eckardt.
Research on Alcoholism Treatment.- Methodology.- Overview.- Assessment of Alcoholic Patients Advances and Future Challenges.- Biomarkers as Aids to Identification of Relapse in Alcoholic Patients.- Advances in Research Design and Analysis for Alcohol Treatment.- Clinicians’ Impact on the Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment.- Natural Resolution of Alcohol-Related Problems.- Psychosocial Treatment.- Overview.- The Search for a Rational Basis for Treatment Selection.- Psychotherapy and Motivational Enhancement.- Involvement of Support Networks in Treatment.- Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-Step Alcoholism Treatment Programs.- Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Alcoholism Research Opportunities.- The Community Reinforcement Approach.- Pharmacotherapy.- Overview.- Acamprosate.- Advances in the Use of Naltrexone an Integration of Preclinical and Clinical Findings.- The Status of Serotonin-Selective Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence.- Animal Models of Motivation for Drinking in Rodents with a Focus on Opioid Receptor Neuropharmacology.- Recent Development in Alcoholism: Research on Alcoholism Treatment.- Overview.- Outcomes of Alcohol Treatment for Adolescents.- Treatment for Alcohol-Related Problems: Special Populations: Research Opportunities.- Treatment of Tobacco Dependence in Alcoholics.- Alcohol and Psychiatric Comorbidity.- Brief Interventions and the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders.- Spirituality, Treatment, and Recovery.- Research Priorities for Alcoholism Treatment.