Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems in Germany /

Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems in Germany /

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Uniform title:Alkoholkonsum und alkoholbezogene Störungen in Deutschland. English.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Seattle, WA : Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, c2002.
Description:viii, 205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Alcoholism -- Germany.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Germany -- Statistics.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Health aspects -- Germany.
Alcoholism.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Health aspects.
Germany.
Statistics.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4775602
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Other authors / contributors:Bühringer, Gerhard.
Kümmler, Petra.
ISBN:0889372624 (pbk.)
Notes:Translation of: Alkoholkonsum und alkoholbezogene Störungen in Deutschland. Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • 1. Background and objectives
  • 1.1. Background
  • 1.2. Objectives
  • 1.3. Challenges in measuring alcohol-related problems
  • 1.4. Terminology
  • 1.5. Summary of the working group's tasks
  • 1.6. Contributions
  • 2. Production and consumption statistics
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Data sources
  • 2.3. Results
  • 2.4. Re-calculation of national and international statistics
  • 2.5. Recommendations for measurement and estimates
  • 2.6. Recommendations for further research
  • 3. Consumers and consumption levels in the general population
  • 3.1. Methodological overview
  • 3.2. Abstainers
  • 3.3. Classifying consumers
  • 3.4. Recommendations for measurement and estimates
  • 3.5. Recommendations for further research
  • 4. Alcohol-related consequences
  • 4.1. Methodological overview
  • 4.2. Overview of alcohol-related problems
  • 4.3. Violence and criminal behaviour
  • 4.4. Accidents
  • 4.5. Mental disorders
  • 4.6. Social consequences
  • 4.7. Diseases in medical care facilities
  • 4.8. Diseases in psychosocial care facilities
  • 4.9. Occupational disability and invalidity
  • 4.10. Dependence and abuse in the general population
  • 4.11. Mortality
  • 4.12. Economic consequences
  • 5. Drinking guidelines
  • 5.1. Overview
  • 5.2. Drinking limits and guidelines for alcohol consumption from the mid-1960s to the present
  • 5.3. Recommendation for future drinking guidelines
  • 5.4. Communicating drinking guidelines in future preventive measures
  • 5.5. Recommendations for further research
  • 6. Summary and discussion
  • 6.1. Methodological problems
  • 6.2. Recommendations for guidelines and conventions
  • 6.3. Findings on alcohol consumption in the population
  • 6.4. Findings on the extent of alcohol-related problems
  • 6.5. Summary of statistics on alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated problems
  • 6.6. Drinking guidelines
  • 6.7. Recommendations for further research
  • 6.8. Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I. Agreement on standardized factors for converting alcoholic beverages into pure alcohol
  • Appendix II. Classification Systems
  • ICD-9
  • ICD-10
  • DSM-III-R
  • DSM-IV
  • Appendix III. Calculating consumption levels of beer, wine sparkling wine and spirits
  • Appendix IV. Profits from spirits in Germany for 1997
  • Appendix V. Epidemiological studies on alcohol consumption
  • The German National Survey on Psychoactive Substances (NSPS)
  • The Health Promotion Survey (HPS)
  • Drug Affinity among Youth in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • The Thuringia alcohol study
  • The Berlin study
  • The Hamburg study
  • Transitions in Alcohol Consumption and Smoking (TACOS)
  • Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP)
  • The Munich Youth Health Survey
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Index
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