Visiting America: notes from an alcohol-focused study tour made in 1961

Addiction
Griffith Edwards

Abstract

This paper has as its focus a study tour made by the author in 1961. Diary notes are used to capture a historical moment in the evolution of alcohol studies. The paper will argue for the continuing value today of such experiences in support of career development and the building of 'the field'. Diary notes and personal recollection. The United States was at the time more active than the United Kingdom in its response to alcohol problems. There was, however, a disjunction between the elite American research world and the world of action, which was not informed greatly by research. For the most part, treatment services and prevention strategies seemed driven by opinion rather than by evidence. But at the level of serious scientific endeavour there was opportunity to meet influential figures including Seldon Bacon, Morris Chafetz, Milton Gross, Ebbe Curtis Hoff, Harris Isbell, E. M. Jellinek, Mark Keller, Benjamin Kissen, Robert Strauss, Wolf Schmidt and Abraham Wikler, who generously made their time available. These diary notes provide a snapshot of a field of endeavour at a critical stage of transition from uninformed assumptions towards establishment of a research base which can inform public action. The visit was of tangible v...Continue Reading

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May 1, 1976·British Medical Journal·G Edwards, M M Gross
May 1, 1977·Journal of Studies on Alcohol·G EdwardsC Taylor
May 1, 1990·The Journal of the American Dental Association·D Archibald
Apr 1, 1986·British Journal of Addiction·G Edwards
Jan 29, 1966·Lancet·G EdwardsC Hensman
Dec 24, 1966·Lancet·G EdwardsC Hensman
May 1, 1972·Psychological Medicine·G Edwards

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May 28, 2009·Addiction·Virginia Berridge
Sep 12, 2012·Addiction·Griffith Edwards
Dec 31, 2009·Addiction·Griffith Edwards
Dec 21, 2013·Addiction·Jim McCambridge, John A Cunningham

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