pt. I. Treatment and recovery (editor: Nick Heather) -- Editor's introduction -- 1. The effectiveness of treatment / Janice M. Brown -- 2. Assessment for brief intervention and treatment / Malissa Yang, Harvey Skinner -- 3. Alcohol withdrawal and detoxification / Duncan Raistrick -- 4. Pharmacological treatments / Jonathan Chick -- 5. Cognitive-behavioural alcohol treatment / George A. Parks, G. Alan Marlatt, Britt K. Anderson -- 6. Relapse prevention therapy / George A. Parks, Britt K. Anderson, G. Alan Marlatt -- 7. Motivational interviewing / Stephen Rollnick, Jeff Allison -- 8. Brief interventions / Nick Heather -- 9. Treating comorbidity of alcohol problems and psychiatric disorder / Kim T. Mueser, David Kavanagh -- 10. Natural recovery from alcohol problems / Harald K.-H. Klingemann -- 11. Alcoholics Anonymous and Other Mutual Aid Groups / Chad Emrick -- pt. II. Prevention of alcohol problems (editor: Tim Stockwell) -- Editor's introduction -- 12. Effects of price and taxation / Esa Osterberg -- 13. Controls on the physical availability of alcohol / Tim Stockwell, Paul Gruenewald -- 14. Creating safer drinking environments / Ross Homel, Gillian McIlwain, Russell Carvolth -- 15. Prevention of alcohol-related road crashes / A. James McKnight, Robert B. Voas -- 16. Prevention at the local level / Andrew J. Treno, Harold D. Holder -- 17. Alcohol education in schools / Richard Midford, Nyanda McBride -- 18. Mass media marketing and advocacy to reduce alcohol-related harm / Kevin Boots, Richard Midford -- 19. Alcohol advertising and sponsorship : commercial freedom or control in the public interest? / Linda Hill, Sally Casswell.