The Special Reports to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health describe current alcohol-related research findings that let us know that we are making progress and that help us to develop a vision for the future. Covers: alcohol abuse and alcoholism; epidemiology; genetics and environment; neuroscience; medical consequences; fetal alcohol syndrome and other effects of alcohol on pregnancy outcome; adverse social consequences; diagnosis and assessment of alcohol use disorders; prevention; early and minimal intervention; and treatment. Extensive charts and tables.