10th special report to the U.S. Congress on alcohol and health
Subtitle: highlights from current research from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Contributors: United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)
Series: NIH publication -- no. 00-1583.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Rockville, Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
Subjects: Alcoholism -- United States; Alcohol -- Physiological effect; Alcoholism -- Treatment -- United States
Other titles: Alcohol and health.
Notes: "June 2000."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Drinking over the life span : issues of biology, behavior, and risk. Measuring the health risks and benefits of alcohol; title: Alcohol involvement over the life course; title: Alcohol and violence.  Alcohol and the brain : neuroscience and neurobehavior. Setting the stage : the structure and function of neurons; title: From cell membrane to nucleus : the effects of alcohol on brain neurons; title: Acute actions of alcohol on the brain; title: Neurobiological and neurobehavioral mechanisms of chronic alcohol drinking; title: The neurotoxicity of alcohol; title: Genetic studies of alcohol's actions on the brain.  Genetic and psychosocial influences. Animal genetic studies on alcoholism; title: Recent progress in the genetics of alcoholism; title: Psychosocial factors in alcohol use and alcoholism.  Medical consequences. Alcohol-induced liver injury; title: Alcohol and the immune system; title: Alcohol's effects on the cardiovascular system; title: Alcohol and women : an overview; title: Alcohol and the skeletal system; title: Alcohol and breast cancer.; title: Prenatal exposure to alcohol. Prenatal alcohol exposure : effects on brain structure and function; title: Underlying mechanisms of alcohol-induced damage to the fetus; title: Issues in fetal alcohol syndrome prevention.  Economic and health services perspectives. Effects of changes in alcohol prices and taxes; title: Cost research on alcoholism treatment; title: The economic costs of alcohol abuse.  Prevention research. Reducing alcohol-impaired driving; title: Community-based prevention approaches; title: Alcohol advertising : what are the effects?  Treatment research. Screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems; title: Treatment of alcohol dependence with psychological approaches; title: Treatment of alcohol dependence with medications.