Volume 13 investigates the ways in which age, gender, socioeconomic circumstances, and genetics affect aggressive behavior and vulnerability to alcoholism.
Author(s): Deirdre Winczewski, Henri Begleiter, Richard Deitrich, Richard Fuller, Donald Gallant, Donald W. Goo
Edition: 1st
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 433
Preliminaries......Page 1
Preface......Page 12
Contents......Page 14
1. Epidemiological Issues in Alcohol-Related Violence......Page 30
2. The Relationship of Alcohol to Injury in Assault Cases......Page 64
3. Alcohol and Spouse Abuse: Ethnic Differences......Page 80
4. Longitudinal Perspective on Alcohol Use and Aggression during Adolescence......Page 104
5. Alcohol and Violence-Related Injuries in the Emergency Room......Page 128
6. Emerging Themes in Preclinical Research on Alcohol and Aggression......Page 146
7. Alcohol, GABA,-Benzodiazepine Receptor Complex, and Aggression......Page 162
8. Serotonin in Early-Onset Alcoholism......Page 196
9. A Nonhuman Primate Model of Excessive Alcohol Intake......Page 214
10. Effects of Alcohol on Human Aggression......Page 250
11. Is There a Causal Relationship between Alcohol Use and Violence?......Page 268
12. Alcohol and Cocaine Interactions and Aggressive Behaviors......Page 306
13. When Women Are under the Influence......Page 338
14. How Far Have We Come?......Page 360
15. Alcohol‚ Drugs‚ and Violence in Children’s Lives......Page 380
16. Issues in the Linkage of Alcohol and Domestic Violence Services......Page 410
Contents of Previous Volumes......Page 430
Index......Page 446
