Alcoholism sourcebook
Subtitle: basic consumer health information about alcohol use, abuse, and addiction, including facts about the physical consequences of alcohol abuse, such as brain changes and problems with cognitive functioning, cirrhosis and other liver diseases, cardiovascular disease, pancreatitis, and alcoholic neuropathy, and the effects of alcohol on reproductive health and fetal development, mental health problems associated with alcohol abuse, and alcohol's impact on families, workplaces, and the community ; along with information about underage drinking, alcohol treatment and recovery, a glossary of related terms, and directories of resources for more information
By: edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Health reference series
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780780811928; 9780780811416
Subjects: Patient Education as Topic; Consumer education; Popular Works; Alcoholism; Popular works
Other titles: Gale virtual reference library.
Description: "Provides basic consumer health information about alcohol abuse, addiction, and related health effects, with facts about treatment and recovery. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Understanding alcohol use, abuse, and dependence; title: pt. 2. The problem of underage drinking; title: pt. 3. The physical effects and consequences of alcohol abuse; title: pt. 4. The effects of alcohol on reproductive and fetal health; title: pt. 5. Mental health problems associated with alcohol abuse; title: pt. 6. Alcohol's impact on family, work, and the community; title: pt. 7. Treatment and recovery; title: pt. 8. Additional help and information.