The Natural History of Alcoholism Revisited

George E. Vaillant

  • Awarded the Biennial Jellinek Memorial Fund Prize for the Best Research on Alcohol Abuse in the World

The Problem

Part I: What Is Alcoholism?
1 Is Alcoholism a Unitary Disorder?
2. The Etiology of Alcoholism
3. The Natural History of Alcoholism

Part II: Patterns of Recovery
4. Paths into Abstinence
5. Return to Asymptomatic Drinking

Part III: Methodology
6. The Simple
7. The Measures

Part IV: Lessons for Treatment
8. The Doctor's Dilemma
9. Suggestions for Would-Be Helpers

A Summing Up

Appendix: Measurement Scales

Index

  • Cover: The Natural History of Alcoholism Revisited

George E. Vaillant is Professor of Psychiatry, ; Director of the Study of Adult Development, Harvard University Health Services; and Director of Research in the Division of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital.