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Alcohol Abuse
http://www2.potsdam.edu/SOC/hansondj/AlcoholAbuse.html
This site defines alcohol abuse, provides historical background, and explores alcohol's effect on youth and health. Available help is noted. This information comes from the Sociology Department at New York State University, Potsdam, NY.

Alcoholics Anonymous
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
A site created and maintained by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. The information is provided in three languages (English, Spanish, and French). This site contains basic information about the organization, its mission, and the problems of alcoholism.

California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
http://www.adp.cahwnet.gov/
The Department, in partnership with county government and in cooperation with numerous private and public agencies, organizations, groups and individuals, provides leadership and coordination in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive statewide alcohol-and-other-drug-abuse prevention, intervention, detoxification, recovery and treatment services delivery system. - site intro. FAQs, publications, treatment programs, statistics, laws and regulations can be found here.

MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
http://www.madd.org/
MADD is a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding solutions to the problems of drunk driving and underage drinking and supporting the victims of these senseless crimes. The Web site describes MADD’s victim support services and youth programs. Alcohol-related facts and statistics are offered for teenagers. The myths about alcohol are also listed and explained. In addition, the site contains a great deal of statistical information, including drunk driving fatalities by state, and legislation by state.

MEDLINE Plus Health Information: Alcoholism
http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alcoholism.html
Links to alcoholism news, clinical trials, research, prevention/screening, specific conditions and treatment.

NOFAS: National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
http://www.nofas.org/
NOFAS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating birth defects caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy. It uses a multicultural approach in its prevention, educational, and healing programs. This is an excellent site for those who seek general information about fetal alcohol syndrome. The site contains definitions of and information about FAS, a section on effective strategies for working with and disciplining children affected by FAS, and descriptions of the organization’s programs and projects. A number of good statistics are included in the resources section of the site.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/newsroom/
This site is provided by the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. It includes a link to alcohol facts and publications and lists prevention program planners.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information: Alcohol
http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/results.aspx?topic=3&h=
Publications, brochures, guides, pamphlets, and Web links on alcoholism. Includes information on underage drinking.

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
A site provided by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), located in Bethesda, Maryland. This site includes the full-text of such publications as Alcohol Alert as well as the full text fro useful pamphlets such as Alcoholism: Getting the Facts. There is also a section of "Frequently Asked Question: (FAQs) about alcohol abuse and dependence (alcoholism).

Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)    top
The following Rio Hondo College Library online databases my contain material relevant to alcoholism.  Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles.  Off-campus users please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty or staff member to sue these services.

ETOH
This portal includes links to a number of databases, journals, and Web sites focused on alcohol research and related topics.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Try searching for "alcoholism" or construct your own search in this database to find current, in depth information.

Books     top
The following books can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library.

Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:

Addiction : opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref HV4998.A32 2005

Alcohol (Opposing viewpoints series)
Call number: Ref HV5066.A39 2008

Alcohol abuse (At issue. Drugs)
Call number: Ref HV5292.A374 2007

Drug abuse sourcebook : basic consumer health information about illicit substances ... (Health reference series)
Call number: Ref HV5801.D724 2000

Encyclopedia of alcoholism
Call number: Ref HV5035.O27 1991

Encyclopedia of drugs and alcohol
Call number: Ref HV5804.E563 1995

Taking sides. Clashing views in drugs and society
Call number: Ref HV5825.T37 2006

Teens and alcohol (Current controversies)
Call number: Ref HV5135.T445 2002

Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the following Library of Congress subject headings:

Alcoholics

Alcoholism

Drug abuse

Drug addicts--Rehabilitation

Substance abuse

WebCat     top
Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo College Library.

Media     top
The following media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library, to be viewed in the Library.

Advertising alcohol : calling the shots
Call number: Video 001295
Examines the images used by advertisers to sell alcohol. Presents a detailed visual and conceptual analysis of why this advertising does much more than simply tell the consumer what he can buy. Demonstrates how some advertising deliberately disguises the warning signs of problem drinking and falsely links alcohol with precisely those qualities--happiness, success, sexual fulfillment, prestige, athletic ability, creativity--that the abuse of alcohol diminishes and destroys.

Alcohol : the substance, the addiction, the solution
Call number: Video 000742
"Recovering alcoholics, a treatment psychologist, and a physician speak candidly about the causes and effects of alcoholism and the challenges of recovery."

Cross addiction : the back door to relapse
Call number: Video 000743
Firsthand testimony from recovering alcoholics and addicts, chemical dependency professionals, and a medical doctor dispel the myth that there is any such thing "safe" substance for people in recovery.

Drinking, are you in control?
Call number: Video 000485
Presents a case for an alternative to the total abstinence approach to the treatment of alcohol abuse. Questions whether alcoholism is truly a disease. Features interview with alcoholism researchers, self-described alcoholics who abstain from drinking entirely, and former alcohol abusers who drink moderately.

Hooked : the addiction trap
Call number: Video 000503
This 3 part series shows the path of addiction and discusses how to recognize when there is a potential problem. Interviews with young people and adults who are coping with addictions to drugs, alcohol, gambling, smoking, internet pornography, television and eating disorders are intercut with scientific information on addiction and the brain.

Restless, irritable, and discontented : the basics of relapse prevention
Call  number: Video 000501
Examines the attitudes and behaviors that warn of relapse. Personal stories help the viewer learn how to recognize and deal with high-risk situations.

Spin the bottle : sex, lies and alcohol
Call number: DVD 0046
"By exploring the college party scene, Spin the Bottle shows the difficulties students have in navigating a cultural environment saturated with messages about gender and alcohol"

Thinking about drinking
Call number: V FREU TD F-00
This series explores alcohol use and abuse in twelve specialized topics.

Articles   top
The Rio Hondo College Library provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases.  Please note:  you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.

The sample searches and articles below are from the ProQuest database.  If you are viewing this subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the links below.   To gain access if you are at home or off-campus, first click here: https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library/.  Input your student number [SSN] and password [your birthdate].  You will see a list of  all the online databases to which you have access.  Click on ProQuest and enter the database.  You may conduct your own searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and click on any of the links below:

Sample searches:

(SUB (alcoholism) ) [from Peer-Reviewed Journals]
(SUB (children of alcoholics))
(SUB (fetal alcohol syndrome))
(SUB (alcoholism) and SUB (substance abuse treatment))
(SUB (drunk driving) and SUB (statistics))
(SUB (drunk driving) and SUB (statistics))
(SUB (alcohol) and SUB (domestic violence))

Researched and evaluated by:
S. Valero, Librarian 5/1998
last update: T. Shabelnik, Librarian 8/2008

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