Alcoholism : its treatments and mistreatments

Alcoholism : its treatments and mistreatments / Irving Maltzman.

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maltzman, Irving
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2008.
Subjects:
Alcoholism > Treatment.
Alcoholism > Treatment
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A biosociobehavioral disease conception of alcoholism
  • 2. Alcoholism treatments and mistreatments
  • 3. What makes Alcoholics Anonymous work
  • 4. Expectancy theory and research: Balderdash!
  • 5. Self-selection of alcoholism treatment goals: harm reduction or induction
  • 6. Little Albert Redux II: bias and lack of scholarship in textbooks
  • 7. Sociology of science and alcoholism studies.

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