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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782270403321

Autore

Maltzman Irving

Titolo

Alcoholism [[electronic resource] ] : its treatments and mistreatments / / Irving Maltzman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008

ISBN

1-281-91162-3

9786611911621

981-277-088-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 317 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

616.86106

Soggetti

Alcoholism - Treatment

Drug abuse - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Biosociobehavioral Disease Conception of Alcoholism; Alcoholism Treatments and Mistreatments; What Makes Alcoholics Anonymous Work; Expectancy Theory and Research: Balderdash; Self-selection of Alcoholism Treatment Goals: Harm Reduction or Induction; Little Albert Redux II: Bias and Lack of Scholarship in Textbooks; Sociology of Science and Alcoholism Studies.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a review of the Minnesota Model of alcoholism treatment, which combines clinical treatments and the 12-step principles of Alcoholics Anonymous with the goal of abstinence. This book examines the research base supporting cognitive behavior therapy approaches to alcoholism.