The Misuse of Alcohol: Crucial Issues in Dependence Treatment and Prevention

by Nick Heather, Ian Robertson, Phil Davies

In the 1980s the study of alcoholism was in a period of rapid change, this book, originally published in 1985, identifies and explores the three most controversial contemporary issues: changes at the basic explanatory level in our concept of harmful drinking; the undermining of our confidence that drinking behaviour can be effectively modified in the traditional context of 'treatment'; and the changes in our concept of the effective prevention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032602198
• ISBN13: 9781032602196
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"