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There is no simple threshold between the experience of drinking and the pleasure it can bring on the one hand and the pain and suffering caused by alcohol abuse on the other. But if we are to understand the role of alcohol in society, then at the very least we need to acknowledge the pleasure as well as the pain. Alcohol and Pleasure aims to bring together existing knowledge on the role of pleasure in drinking and determine whether the concept is useful for scientific understanding and policy consideration

ch. 1. Introduction / Marcus Grant and Mark Leverton -- ch. 2. Producing beer, wine, and spirits / Ronald Simpson -- ch. 3. Understanding alchohol availability : noncommercial beverages / Adrian Botha -- ch. 4. Marketing beverage alcohol / Roger Sinclair -- ch. 5. Pricing beverage alcohol / Godfrey Robson -- ch. 6. Selling and serving beverage alcohol / Graeme Willersdorf -- ch. 7. Making responsible choices / Marjana Martinic -- ch. 8. Working together / Brett Bivans and John Orley -- ch. 9. Implementing the WHO global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol : the producers' contributions / Mark Leverton and Marcus Grant.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prefaces -- Introduction -- Section I: Scientific Understanding -- 1. Cirrhosis and Alcohol Consumption: An Epidemiological Perspective -- 2. Three Themes in the Epidemiology of Alcoholism -- 3. Factors Influencing Alcohol Consumption -- 4. The Role of Licensing Law in Limiting the Misuse of Alcohol -- 5. Alcoholism: What Psychology Offers -- 6. Behavioural Analysis of Alcoholism -- 7. The Biological Basis of Alcoholism: Some Recent Experimental Evidence -- 8. Genetics and Alcoholism -- 9. The Alcohol Dependence Syndrome: Usefulness of an Idea -- Section II: The Varieties of Harm -- 10. Alcoholic Liver Diseases - Basic Pathology and Clinical Variants -- 11. Alcoholic Liver Diseases - Nutritional Deficiency or Direct Toxicity? -- 12. Neurological Disorders Induced by Alcohol -- 13. Alcohol and the Pancreas -- 14. Alcohol-Induced Hypoglycaemia and Endocrinopathy -- 15. Blood Disorders Due to Alcohol -- 16. Alcohol and Self-Poisoning -- 17. Head Injuries and Alcohol -- 18. Impact of Alcoholism on Family and Home -- 19. Alcohol and Alcoholism: The Impact on Work -- 20. Alcohol and Road Accidents -- 21. Alcohol and Crime -- 22. Alcoholism and Suicide -- Section III: Treatment and Education -- 23. How Good is Treatment? -- 24. Behaviour Therapy -- 25. Making Treatment Better -- 26. Setting Up Detoxification Centres -- 27. The Primary Health Care Team -- 28. A Joint Psychiatric and Medical Outpatient Clinic for Alcoholics -- 29. The Reality of Medico-Psychiatric Cooperation -- 30. Alcoholism: The Changing Role of the Psychiatrist -- 31. Alcohol Education -- List of Contributors -- Index.

This text reports on patterns of consumption of non-branded alcohol in seven countries: Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Using local consultants, investigators interviewed families in each country, in both rural and urban areas, on the subject of their drinking habits over a thirty-day period giving specific attention to their religious, educational and socio-economic status. Experts in the fields of toxicology, economics, and anthropology as well as representatives of the beverage industry give commentary on the common themes emerging from the collected data.