Alcoholism in Perspective Hardback
Edited by Marcus (President, International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP), USA) Grant, Paul Gwinner
Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Alcohol and Alcoholism series
Hardback
Description
In the 1970s, an important change of emphasis had occurred in the field of alcoholism.
Instead of seeing alcoholism as an ‘all or none phenomenon’ it was now recognised that a continuum of alcohol problems existed so that individual cases could show different degrees of dependence and different degrees of harm. Originally published in 1979, this book examines the implications of this change of emphasis.
It looks at definitional, aetiological, epidemiological and socio-cultural questions and contains contributions from acknowledged experts in all of these areas.
The scientific evidence in each area is fully reviewed and made comprehensible to the non-specialist reader and similarities between trends in thinking in different fields are emphasised. In addition, the book analyses the implications of the modern view of alcohol problems in terms of their theoretical basis and their practical application.
A rational and pragmatic approach to the problems of working with alcoholics is analysed in some detail so that the links between new ideas and their manifestation in clinical practice are made clear. At the time, this book represented a multi-disciplinary approach to a complex problem where previous thinking had been clouded by too ready acceptance of untested hypotheses.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:174 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:01/12/2023
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Category:
- Society & culture: general
- Social issues & processes
- Illness & addiction: social aspects
- Sociology
- Sociology: work & labour
- Social work
- Counselling & advice services
- Crime & criminology
- Psychological theory & schools of thought
- Social, group or collective psychology
- Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology
- Abnormal psychology
- Moral & social purpose of education
- Organization & management of education
- Central government policies
- Economics
- International economics
- Sales & marketing
- Advertising
- Agriculture & related industries
- Food manufacturing & related industries
- Service industries
- Industrial relations & safety
- Medicine: general issues
- Public health & preventive medicine
- Personal & public health
- Medical sociology
- Psychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Addiction & therapy
- Animal behaviour
- Health & Lifestyle
- Family & health
- Coping with drug & alcohol abuse
- ISBN:9781032616902
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:174 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:01/12/2023
-
Category:
- Society & culture: general
- Social issues & processes
- Illness & addiction: social aspects
- Sociology
- Sociology: work & labour
- Social work
- Counselling & advice services
- Crime & criminology
- Psychological theory & schools of thought
- Social, group or collective psychology
- Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology
- Abnormal psychology
- Moral & social purpose of education
- Organization & management of education
- Central government policies
- Economics
- International economics
- Sales & marketing
- Advertising
- Agriculture & related industries
- Food manufacturing & related industries
- Service industries
- Industrial relations & safety
- Medicine: general issues
- Public health & preventive medicine
- Personal & public health
- Medical sociology
- Psychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Addiction & therapy
- Animal behaviour
- Health & Lifestyle
- Family & health
- Coping with drug & alcohol abuse
- ISBN:9781032616902
