Promising Themes in Alcoholism Treatment Research

The past 10 years have witnessed dramatic growth in alcoholism research. In particular, attention has been focused intensely on techniques that diagnose and treat alcoholism more effectively. The evolution and expansion of this important area is reflected by the fact that in 1990, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the major funding source for alcoholism research in the world, expended over $22 million on investigations primarily oriented toward treatment issues, whereas the comparable figure a decade earlier was below $2 million. In light of the magnitude as well as the economic and personal cost of alcoholism, public support for research on treatment is likely to be sustained and, in fact, strengthened in the future. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.