Summarizes the symptomatology, pathogenesis, and available treatment for various medical complications of alcoholism complications that involve virtually the entire field of internal medicine, much of pathology and biochemistry, and some pharmacology. Chapters discuss alcohol and hormones, lipid dis

In the first annual report on Alcohol and. Health to Congress (December, 1971), the then HEW Secretary Elliot L. Richardson called alcohol 'the most abused drug in the United States'. The report revealed that nine million Americans are alcohol abusers and that alcoholic individuals represent almost 10 % of the nation's work force. With spreading alcoholism, the incidence of physical damage due to alcohol has greatly increased. A question which is often raised is 'in which way does an alcoholic differ from a non-alcoholic?' Inquiries have focused on psychological make-up, behavioural...