Female Offspring of Alcoholic Individuals: Recent Findings on Alcoholism and Psychopathology Risks: Symposium Presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism, 2004, Vancouver Aruna Gogineni, Chair.

The article summarizes the proceedings of a symposium at the 2004 Research Society on Alcoholism in Vancouver, British Columbia. The purpose of the symposium is to present the recent findings using family, prospective and cross-sectional research to elucidate the biopsychosocial correlates and the moderators of risk of alcoholism and other psychopathology among daughters from developmental trajectories spanning the periods of childhood, adolescence and adulthood. The environmental factors which contribute to alcoholism and other psychopathology among children of alcoholic individuals were discussed. The speakers of the symposium includes John Kramer, Serena King, Kristina Jackson and Aruna Gogineni.