Alcohol and Alcoholism: Effects on Brain and Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805826866 ISBN 13: 9780805826869

Publisher: Psychology Press, 1999

Synopsis

This is the first volume that focuses on the lifespan neurobehavioral factors likely to determine susceptibility to alcohol abuse and its consequences. The chapters offer careful analysis of the effects of ethanol on the fetus, the infant, the adolescent, and the adult. The authors include behavioral neuroscientists and clinical neuropsychologists. Their topics range from the neurochemical and neuroanatomical consequences of prenatal alcohol to the cognitive consequences of prenatal alcohol on preschool and school-age children. The impact of genetics on sensitivity to alcohol is considered in terms of analytic tests using techniques of behavioral genetics and molecular biology. The consequences of exposure to alcohol during breastfeeding are described in experiments with human infants. The alcoholism that develops in adulthood is analyzed through the experimental study of relapse from alcohol deprivation and assessment of neuropsychological impairments and treatment for alcoholics. Drawing on extensive research that has applied techniques from molecular neurobiology and tests of learning and memory to the clinical assessment and treatment of alcoholics.

The volume answers recent questions raised by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Drug Abuse about the role of early experience in susceptibility to later abuse of alcohol and other drugs. Although epidemiological studies can describe the problem, solutions in terms of mechanisms that mediate these effects will be found only with the kinds of experimentally oriented approaches the chapter authors describe.

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Synopsis:

This volume focuses on lifespan neurobehavioural factors likely to determine susceptibility to alcohol abuse and its consequences. The chapters include careful analysis of the effects of ethanol on the foetus, the infant, the adolescent and the adult. From authors that include behavioural neuroscientists and clinical neuropathologists, the topics range from neurochemical and neuroanatomical consequences of prenatal alcohol to cognitive consequences of prenatal alcohol on preschool and school-age children. The consequences of genetics for sensitivity to alcohol are considered in terms of analytic tests with techniques of behavioural genetics and molecular biology. The consequences of exposure to alcohol during breastfeeding are described through experiments with human infants. The alcoholism that develops in adulthood is analyzed in terms of the experimental study of relapse from alcohol deprivation and assessment of neuropsychological impairments and treatment for alcoholics.

This broad but interconnected subject matter is based on research that has applied techniques from molecular neurobiology and tests of learning and memory to clinical assessment and treatment This book answers recent questions raised by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Drug Abuse about the role of early experience on susceptibility to later abuse of alcohol and other drugs. Although epidemiological studies can describe the problem, solutions in terms of mechanisms that mediate these effects will be found only with the kinds of experimentally oriented approaches described in this book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0805826866
• ISBN 13: 9780805826869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Hannigan John H., Spear Linda P., Spear Norman E., Goodlett Charles R.