Problem Drinking

Ian Robertson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

366 Seiten

1989 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford Paperbacks (Verlag)
9780192618740 (ISBN)

Infos

The argument of this book is that problem drinking should not be regarded as a disease, but as a learned, behavioural disorder. The authors aim to fill the gap between popular accounts of the subject and a scientific, medical and psychological understanding of alcohol problems.

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The argument of this book is that problem drinking should not be regarded as a disease, but as a learned, behavioural disorder. Since the first edition was published the traditional notion that problem drinking is a disease has regained ground in the USA and elsewhere, in the face of evidence to the contrary. Effective approaches to people with less severe alcohol problems in particular are becoming difficult to sustain because of the changing climate of opinion. The authors aim to fill the gap between popular accounts of the subject and a scientific, medical and psychological understanding of alcohol problems.

Inhalt

Part 1 Problem drinking is not a disease: the historical context; how many disease concepts of alcoholism are there?; the evidence; pros and cons of the disease perspective. Part 2 Problem drinking - a social psychological paradigm: setting the scene; conditioning; cognition; some practical implications; the way ahead.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: line drawings, bibliography, index
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-13: 9780192618740 / 9780192618740
• Zustand: Neuware