Table of Contents

Volume 25, Number 2

April - June 1993

Lesbians and Alcohol: Patterns and Paradoxes in Medical Notions and Lesbians’ Beliefs — Joanne M. Hall, R.N., Ph.D.

A Neurochemical Basis for Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction — Norman S. Miller, M.D. & Mark S. Gold, M.D.

A Neuropsychological Perspective on Dual Diagnosis — Godehard Oepen, M.D.; Michael Levy, Ph.D.; Ruth Saemann, Psy.D.; Anne Harrington, Ph.D.; Meredith Handren, R.N.; Linda Pinnone, L.C.S.W.; Lenore Pollen, L.C.S.W.; James Ellison, M.D. & Roger Boshes, M.D.

Predictors of Bleach Use Among Current African-American Injecting Drug Users:  A Community Study — Martin A. Krepcho, Ph.D.; Maria Eugenia Fernandez-Esquer, Ph.D.; Anne C. Freeman, M.S.P.H.; Elvin Magee, M.S. & Alfred McAlister, Ph.D.

Strategies for Increasing Retention in Methadone Programs — Ward S. Condelli, Ph.D.

Wasson’s Alternative Candidates for Soma — Thomas J. Riedlinger, F.L.S.

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic’s Drug Detoxification Protocols—Part 1: Opioids — Gantt Galloway, Pharm.D. & Gregory Hayner, Pharm.D.

Physician Diversion Program Experience with Successful Graduates — Chet Pelton; Daniel A. Lang, M.D.; Gary S. Nye, M.D. & Gail Jara

BOOK REVIEWS

The Chemically Dependent: Phases of Treatment and Recovery — Reviewed by James A. Inciardi, Ph.D.

Clinician’s Guide to Cocaine Addiction: Theory, Research, and Treatment — Reviewed by Ronald K. Siegel, Ph.D.

The Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser: Whose Client? — Reviewed by Robert Walker, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

Removing the Roadblocks: Group Psychotherapy with Substance Abusers and Family Members — Reviewed by John De Domenico, M.S., C.R.C.

Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results — Reviewed by William M. Harvey, Ph.D.

Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia — Reviewed by Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D. & Charles S. Grob, M.D.

LITERATURE REVIEW

International Addictions Update — David E. Smith, M.D. & Richard B. Seymour, M.A.

COVER ART — by April Berger