Acknowledgments
Introduction
Geoggrey Hunt, Harald Klingemann, and Jukka-Pekka Takala
Present State and Prospects of Treatment of Alchoholism in the Soviet Union
N.N. Ivanets, I.P. Anokhina, V.F. Egorov, Y.V. Valentik, and S.B. Shesterneva
The Development of an Alcohol-Treatment System in Hungary
Zsuzsanna Elekes
The Odyssey of the Polish Alcohol-Treatment System
Jacek Morawski
Therapeutic Communities and Aftercare Clubs in Yugoslavia
Branko Lang and Jasna Srdar
Dissolving the Swedish Alcohol-Treatment System
Pia Rosenqvist and Noriko Kurube
Finland: The Non-Medical Model Reconsidered
Jukka-Pekka Takala and Juhani Lehto
From Alcoholism to Problem Drinking: Alcohol Treatment in England and Wales, 1945-1990
Geoffrey Hunt, Jenny Mellor, and Janet Turner
Treating Alcohol Problems in New Zealand: Changes in Policies, Practices, and Perspectives
Liz Stewart and Sally Casswell
The Role of Alcohol Treatment in a Consensus Democracy: The Case of the Swiss Confederation
Harald Klingemann
Treatment-Seeking and Treatment-Reluctant Alcoholics: A Two-Class Alcohol-Treatment System in Austria
Irmgard Eisenbach-Stangl
The Italian Paradox: Treatment Initiatives and Falling Alcohol Consumption
Flavio Poldrugo and Roberto Urizzi
The Rise of Alcohology in France: A Monopolistic Competition
Philippe Mosse
Rapid Growth and Bifurcation: Public and Private Alcohol Treatment in the United States
Constance Weisner and Patricia Morgan
Alcoholism Treatment in Canada: History, Current Status, and Emerging Issues
Brian R. Rush and Alan C. Ogborne
The Alcoholism Treatment System in China
Zhang Yanyi
Alcohol-Treatment Issues in Nigeria: Traditional Healers and Modern Psychiatry
Adebayo Olabisi Odejide, Jude Uzoma Ohaeri, Moruff Adelekan, and Benson Adebowale Ikuesan
Afterword: Common Directions and Remaining Divergences
Jukka-Pekka Takala, Harald Klingemann, and Geoffrey Hunt
Glossary
Contributors
Index