Author: Russell Thacher TrallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Temperance
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Alcoholic Controversy
Author: Russell Thacher TrallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Temperance
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Alcoholism
Author: James D. TorrPublisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780737701395
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a series of articles and readings on alcoholism that examine the issue thrugh diverse social, medical, and political viewpoints.
Alcohol and Public Policy
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309031494
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The alcohol controversy. An examination, in the form of dialogues, of articles by sir J. Paget and others in The Contemporary review
Author: James Whyte (temperance advocate.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Heavy Drinking
Author: Herbert FingarettePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520067541
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Heavy Drinking informs the general public for the first time how recent research has discredited almost every widely held belief about alcoholism, including the very concept of alcoholism as a single disease with a unique cause. Herbert Fingarette presents constructive approaches to heavy drinking, including new methods of helping heavy drinkers and social policies for preventing heavy drinking and the harms associated with it.
The Outrun: A Memoir
Author: Amy LiptrotPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
“It’s wild writing: sexy, unguarded, raw, and ardent … highly recommended.”—The Millions After a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland. The Outrun maps Amy’s inspiring recovery as she walks along windy coasts, swims in icy Atlantic waters, tracks Orkney’s wildlife, and reconnects with her parents, revisiting and rediscovering the place that shaped her. A Guardian Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller New Statesman Book of the Year
The Medical Aspect of the Great Alcohol Controversy
Author: Frederick PowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcohol
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Clinical Addiction Psychiatry
Author: David BrizerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521899581
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Clinical Addiction Psychiatry is an anthology of essays that represent the most current and authoritative information now available on addiction theory, practice and research, covering dozens of provocative, fascinating and essential subdomains of the field. Each chapter is authored by a recognized authority in the field and detailed attention is paid to environment, genetics, culture and spirituality as well as treatment and pharmacology. History, street culture, and medical science are brought together in masterful discussions that encompass the full spectrum of addictive disorders, emphasizing assessment and clinical management. This unique resource gathers complex medical and scientific data in a way which is accessible to both health care professionals and readers without medical or psychology backgrounds. Essential reading for addiction counselors and other mental health professionals, this book will also be of interest to patients and their families, and residents and physicians in all fields of medicine.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Author: Bill W.Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698176936
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.
Controversies in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Author: Barry StimmelPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000579999
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
First published in 1986, Controversies in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse presents a collection of papers dealing with various aspects of alcohol and substance abuse. It covers crucial themes like -1) the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and heroin addiction; 2) the effects of widespread cocaine use; 3) social use of marijuana; 4) early identification of and efficacy of treatment for alcoholism; and 5) the effects of social drinking during pregnancy on the fetus. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of addiction studies, psychology, sociology of addiction and specially those who wants to know about the advances made in the 1980s in the study of alcohol and substance abuse.