In this health-conscious age there is increasing concern about tobacco smoking and inappropriate consumption levels of alcohol. Alcoholism poses an important occupational health problem which can affect an individual's personal welfare and limit his or her efficiency at work. There is concern about the increasing availability of drugs in society, the link between drug-taking and the spread of HIV in society, and the ways in which substance misuse generates more violence within society. Both excessive alcohol consumption and drug-taking may dispose an individual to antisocial actions and lead to criminal activities. By examining the underlying biological and psychological nature of these behaviours the book is intended to inform its readers of current advances in a number of relevant disciplines and to demonstrate some of the problems in collecting and interpreting information from particular groups. 2

Foreword - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; A.Bonner & J.Waterhouse - SECTION 1: ADDICTIONS IN SOCIETY - From Toddies to Toads: an Overview of Addictive Behaviour; P.Davis - Addictions in Industrialised Society; A.Bonner - Illegal Aspects of Drug Misuse; D.Stanbury - SECTION 2: THE BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE ADDICTIONS - The Neurobiological Background to the Study of Addiction; A.A-B.Badawy - Exogenous Drugs and Brain Damage; W.Caan - Substance Music and Tissue Pathology with Special Reference to the Heart; V.R.Preedy, H.J.F.Why, V.B.Patel, A.B.Bonner & P.J.Richardson -SECTION 3: ADDICTIONS AND THE STUDY OF MIND - Personality and Addictive Behaviour; C.Otter & C.Martin - Locus of Control and Addictive Behaviour; C.Martin & C.Otter - Alcohol, Memory and Cognition; C.Martin & G.Hewitt - Cognitive-behavioural Approaches to Changing Addictive Behaviours; P.Davis - SECTION 4: MOLECULES, MOOD AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR - Craving, Fancies, Fact and Folklore; D.Peers - The Biological Basis of Bulimia Nervosa; S.Brien -Molecules, Brain and Addictive Behaviour; A.Bonner - SECTION 5: ALCOHOL ABUSE IN SOCIETY -Estimating the Prevalence of Alcohol Related Conditions: The Use of Routine Health Data; G.Waldron - Alcohol and Traumatic Brain; C.Eberhardie & A.Bonner - The Role of Clinical Forensic Medicine in the Assessment of Alcohol Misuse in the Community; J.Payne-James -Alcohol in Society: Case Studies - Case Study 1: Identifying Women at Risk of Alcohol Dependency; M.Millar - Case Study 2: Alcohol Abuse in the Elderly; M.Chad - Case Study 3: Therapeutic Use of Alcohol in the Elderly; P.Simpson - Case Study 4: An Investigation into the Drinking Behaviour of Students; M.Cooksey - Methodology and Interpretive Problems: Do Studies on Shiftwork show a Parallel with Studies on Addiction?; J.Waterhouse & A.Bonner - Concluding Comments - Index