Recent Developments in Alcoholism

1. The Twelve-Step Program

2. Introduction: The Twelve-Step Program Model of AA
Thomasina Borkman

3. The Twelve-Step Recovery Model of AA: A Voluntary Mutual Help Association
Thomasina Borkman

4. Twelve Defining Moments in the History of Alcoholics Anonymous
William L. White, Ernest Kurtz

5. The Impact of AA on Professional Treatment
Valerie J. Slaymaker, Timothy Sheehan

6. The Impact of Alcoholics Anonymous on Other Substance Abuse-Related Twelve-Step Programs
Alexandre B. Laudet

7. The Impact of AA on Non-Professional Substance Abuse Recovery Programs and Sober Living Houses
Douglas L. Polcin, Thomasina Borkman

2. Spiritually Oriented Recovery

8. An Overview of Spirituality in AA (and Recovery)
Sarah E. Zemore

9. The Concept of Spirituality in Relation to Addiction Recovery and General Psychiatry
Marc Galanter

10. Kickbacks from Helping Others: Health and Recovery
Sarah E. Zemore, Maria E. Pagano

11. Issues in Measuring Spirituality and Religiousness in Alcohol Research
Thomas Johnson, Elizabeth A.R. Robinson

12. Spirituality and Health: Empirically Based Reflections on Recovery
Michelle J. Pearce, Clark M. Rivinoja, Harold G. Koenig

13. Spiritual Change in Recovery
Gerard J. Connors, Kimberly S. Walitzer, J. Scott Tonigan

14. Mindfulness and Addiction
Sharon H. Hsu, Joel Grow, G. Alan Marlatt

3. Twelve-Step Membership

15. Introduction
Lee Ann Kaskutas

16. Epidemiology of Alcoholics Anonymous Participation
Lee Ann Kaskutas, Yu Ye, Thomas K. Greenfield, Jane Witbrodt, Jason Bond

17. Concerns About Dose and Underutilization of Twelve-Step Programs: Models, Scales, and Theory that Inform Treatment Planning
Richard N. Cloud, J. B. Kingree

18. Facilitating Involvement in Twelve-Step Programs
Dennis M. Donovan, Anthony S. Floyd

19. Twelve-Step Facilitation in Non-specialty Settings
John F. Kelly, Barbara S. McCrady

4. Effectiveness and Outcome Research

20. Introduction
J. Scott Tonigan

21. Alcoholics Anonymous Outcomes and Benefits
J. Scott Tonigan

22. Outcomes of AA for Special Populations
Christine Timko

23. How and Why Twelve-Step Self-Help Groups Are Effective
Rudolf H. Moos

24. Individual and Contextual Factors That Influence AA Affiliation and Outcomes
Michael P. Bogenschutz

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Primary Care Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Psychiatry