Table of Contents

Research on Alcoholism Treatment.- Methodology.- Overview.- Assessment of Alcoholic Patients Advances and Future Challenges.- Biomarkers as Aids to Identification of Relapse in Alcoholic Patients.- Advances in Research Design and Analysis for Alcohol Treatment.- Clinicians’ Impact on the Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment.- Natural Resolution of Alcohol-Related Problems.- Psychosocial Treatment.- Overview.- The Search for a Rational Basis for Treatment Selection.- Psychotherapy and Motivational Enhancement.- Involvement of Support Networks in Treatment.- Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-Step Alcoholism Treatment Programs.- Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Alcoholism Research Opportunities.- The Community Reinforcement Approach.- Pharmacotherapy.- Overview.- Acamprosate.- Advances in the Use of Naltrexone an Integration of Preclinical and Clinical Findings.- The Status of Serotonin-Selective Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence.- Animal Models of Motivation for Drinking in Rodents with a Focus on Opioid Receptor Neuropharmacology.- Recent Development in Alcoholism: Research on Alcoholism Treatment.- Overview.- Outcomes of Alcohol Treatment for Adolescents.- Treatment for Alcohol-Related Problems: Special Populations: Research Opportunities.- Treatment of Tobacco Dependence in Alcoholics.- Alcohol and Psychiatric Comorbidity.- Brief Interventions and the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders.- Spirituality, Treatment, and Recovery.- Research Priorities for Alcoholism Treatment.