Combating the teenage substance abuse problem will require total school and community effort. This article presents guidelines for school action, including recognizing alcohol's dominant role in our society, dealing with mixed messages to youngsters, debunking myths about adolescent alcohol use, using available resources in new ways, and creating…

The Student Opportunity Program (STOP) began as a pilot program in 1983 at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Its purpose was to assist students whose alcohol-related behavior was causing serious problems and/or jeopardizing their ability to remain in the residence hall system. The program is described. (MT)

Defines performance discrepancy as the difference between someone's actual performance and his desired performance and relates this to drinking and driving behavior. Promotes examination of environmental and psychological factors which affect performance discrepancy and the application of behavior modification techniques before the adult stage is…

The assertation that normal drinking and alcoholic drinking are essentially unrelated to each other has a number of built-in attractions. But as an instrument for the prevention of drinking problems, it is a step in the wrong direction. (Author/JA)

With heightened visibility of alcohol on campuses come previously unasked questions raised by an ethical analysis of alcohol use and abuse. These questions deal with how Americans will respond to effects of alcohol on campus and to the subtle ethical issues involved, and how alcohol will be understood and used. (BEF)

The development of a group therapy program for the treatment and prevention of alcoholism on a college campus is described. (JD)

Examined whether adult drinkers would be willing to receive self-help and other minimal contact aids designed to help them drink more moderately. In a community survey of 316 adults, of whom over one-half reported drinking, drinkers most frequently requested newspaper articles on how to drink moderately, followed by radio and television programs.…

Assessed impact of television commercial based on controlled-drinking principles. Measures were taken 12 months prior to start of campaign and 3 weeks after campaign from regular drinkers of general public whose drinking behavior was known to be unaffected by previous antidrug advertising campaign. Found that advertisement reduced intake provided…

This study determined the recidivism rates associated with six educational sanctions assigned after undergraduate students were found responsible for a violation of a residence hall alcohol policy at a large urban research institution. The educational sanctions selected for the study included: Personal Education, Assistance, and Referral program…

This article describes the origin of the Centre for History in Public Health and the significance of its location in a leading school of public health. It is in three parts: (1) A brief history of how the AIDS programme became the History Centre; (2) The distinctive approach of the Centre's staff as historians: their contribution and its…