title: Pharmacotherapy for alcohol dependence.
abstract: Alcoholism is a major public health problem that is detrimental to the affected individuals as well as to society as a whole. It has been popular belief that alcohol dependence can be controlled through will power, skill building, and support. Therefore, psychosocial therapies have historically been the most utilized treatments for alcohol use disorders.(1).
authors.affiliation: Ms. Wortman, Ms. Rabinowitz, and Dr. Oslin are from the Center for the Study of Addictions, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania; Dr. Oslin is also from the Section of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania and the Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center at the University of Philadelphia VA Medical Center-All from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Shoshana M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wortman
authors.forename: Amanda R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Oslin