British Journal of Addiction to Alcohol & Other DrugsVolume 74, Issue 1 p. 3-9 Free Access An Assessment of the Report of The Royal Commission on Gambling 1976–1978 * E. Moran M.A., M.B., M.R.C.P., F.R.C. Psych., D.P.M., E. Moran M.A., M.B., M.R.C.P., F.R.C. Psych., D.P.M. Consultant Psychiatrist, Enfield District Hospital, Chairman, Special Committee on Gambling, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Chairman, Society for the Study of GamblingSearch for more papers by this author E. Moran M.A., M.B., M.R.C.P., F.R.C. Psych., D.P.M., E. Moran M.A., M.B., M.R.C.P., F.R.C. Psych., D.P.M. Consultant Psychiatrist, Enfield District Hospital, Chairman, Special Committee on Gambling, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Chairman, Society for the Study of GamblingSearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1979 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1979.tb02405.xCitations: 13 * Royal Commission on Gambling. Final Report Cmnd 7200 (HMSO, £7.50, two volumes). AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume74, Issue1March 1979Pages 3-9 ReferencesRelatedInformation
SummaryThis study provides a basic demographic profile of an emergency room alcohol patient population, and examines the relationships of age, ethnicity and sex to type of complaint at admission, likelihood of referral for further aid, type of psychiatric diagnosis given, and ultimate disposition of the case. One thousand, one hundred and eleven consecutive alcohol related admissions were included from the emergency room of a large, inner‐city county hospital of a city in which a substantial proportion of the population is Spanish and Negro. Alcohol admissions were predominantly Caucasian and male, with a modal age of 35 to 49 years. The most common medical diagnoses were, respectively, acute intoxication and chronic alcoholism, followed by organic brain syndromes and psychoses attributed to alcohol use, seizure disorders and alcohol‐related somatic complaints, and suicide attempts and bizarre behaviour under the influence of alcohol. 16.8% of these patients received psychiatric evaluation and only 21.8% were referred for further help with their alcohol related problems. Further breakdowns and relationships of these variables are discussed, and possible reasons for the observations are suggested.
British Journal of Addiction to Alcohol & Other DrugsVolume 74, Issue 3 p. 235-238 Why Does the Alcoholism Field Act Like a Ship of Fools? Don Cahalan Ph.D., Don Cahalan Ph.D. Professor of Public Health (Emeritus) and former Director, Social Research Group, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author Don Cahalan Ph.D., Don Cahalan Ph.D. Professor of Public Health (Emeritus) and former Director, Social Research Group, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1979 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1979.tb01344.xCitations: 11AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume74, Issue3September 1979Pages 235-238 RelatedInformation
Summary The author uses two important therapies, Naikan Therapy (Self‐observation Psychotherapy) and Danshukai (Alcohol Abstinence Society), in treating Japanese alcoholics. Naikan Therapy is a method which is administered mainly in hospitals and is most suitable for patients to reflect on their past lives, retrieve the bonds of affection of their families and make up their minds to abstain from alcohol. Danshukai is an important method, particularly as after‐care following discharge in the sense that patients continue sticking to the resolution to give up drinking they made in the hospital, while keeping in touch with their fellow members for encouragement. These two methods were born in the Japanese Buddhist climate and are much alike in their basic principles. Particularly, regarding the family as important and making efforts with the family are outstanding features common to these two methods, and they can be administered one after the other to provide a synthetical effect.
British Journal of Addiction to Alcohol & Other DrugsVolume 74, Issue 1 p. 11-14 Free Access What I would most like to know One Unanswered Question about Alcoholism Jack H. Mendelson M.D., Jack H. Mendelson M.D. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center Harvard Medical School-McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorNancy K. Mello Ph.D., Nancy K. Mello Ph.D. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center Harvard Medical School-McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author Jack H. Mendelson M.D., Jack H. Mendelson M.D. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center Harvard Medical School-McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorNancy K. Mello Ph.D., Nancy K. Mello Ph.D. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center Harvard Medical School-McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author First published: March 1979 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1979.tb02406.xCitations: 20AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume74, Issue1March 1979Pages 11-14 ReferencesRelatedInformation
