This book contains the fifteen invited papers delivered at the NATO International Conference on Experimental and Behavioral Appro­ aches to Alcoholism, held August 28 through September 1, 1977, at the Solstrand Fjord Hotel, Os, Norway.

Section 1. Assessment, Etiology, and Models of Alcoholism.- 1. Comments on the Many Faces of Alcoholism.- 2. Etiology of Alcoholism: Interdisciplinary Integration.- 3. Toward a Multivariate Analysis of Alcohol Abuse.- Section 2. Behavioral Treatment Methods.- 1. Alternative Skills Training in Alcoholism Treatment.- 2. Treatment for Middle Income Problem Drinkers.- 3. Studies in Blood Alcohol Level Discrimination.- 4. Alternatives to Abstinence: Evidence, Issues and Some Proposals.- Section 3. Behavioral Treatment Methods, Evaluation of Treatment Outcome, and Surveys of Drinking Behavior.- 1. Relationships between Drinking Behavior of Alcoholics in a Drinking-Decisions Treatment Program and Treatment Outcome.- 2. Subcultural Differences in Drinking Behavior in U.S. National Surveys and Selected European Studies.- 3. Alcohol Treatment Outcome Evaluation: Contributions from Behavioral Research.- Section 4. Cognitive and Social Factors.- 1. Craving for Alcohol, Loss of Control, and Relapse: A Cognitive-Behavioral Analysis.- 2. Booze, Beliefs, and Behavior: Cognitive Processes in Alcohol Use and Abuse.- 3. Craving and Loss of Control.- 4. Relationship of Social Factors to Ethanol Self-Administration in Alcoholics.- Section 5. Special Presentation.- 1. A Nonbehaviorist’s View of the Behavioral Problem with Alcoholism.