Alcohol and Disinhibition: Nature and Meaning of the Link

摘要

Proceedings of a conference on the emergent perspective of the cultural locus of the link between alcohol and disinhibition are presented. The three main aims of the conference were: (1) to collage and assess the available evidence on the nature and locus of the alcohol-disinhibition link; (2) to explore the nature and distribution of beliefs about alcohol and disinhibition; particularly about alcohol and violence in American Society; and (3) to consider how beliefs about alcohol and disinhibition relate to the operation of social controls in the culture. Options for policy and social change implied by the work of the conference are considered.