Community surveys reveal that about 6% of the adult male and 1% of the adult female population in England and Wales are drinking at high risk levels. Alcohol Problems in the Community examines the implications of recent community care legislation for government policy on alcohol. The first part of the book begins with a report on recent US research on the role of alcohol in the perpetration of child abuse and recent research on young people's drinking problems. This is followed by a study on the prevalence of drinking problems amongst older people which has been underestimated. I.
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Title
Alcohol problems in the community.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Alcoholism-- Great Britain.
Substance abuse-- Great Britain.
Alcoolisme-- Grande-Bretagne.
Alcoholism.
Alkoholismus
Aufsatzsammlung
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.