ABSTRACT
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 of harmful drinking.
The authors of the book came from a variety of backgrounds, but all were members of the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group. They broadly reject the disease concept of alcoholism, but, as this volume shows, there is still scope for vigorous debate and this book should have something of interest for all concerned with problems of alcoholism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|90 pages
Is there an Alcohol Dependence Syndrome?
chapter Chapter 1|18 pages
The Theoretical and Empirical Basis of the Alcohol Dependence Model: A Social Learning Perspective
chapter Chapter 5|23 pages
The Limitations of the Alcohol Dependence Syndrome in Multidisciplinary Service Development
part Two|93 pages
Does Treatment Work?
chapter Chapter 7|18 pages
Is Treatment an Effective Way of Helping Clients Resolve Difficulties Associated With Alcohol?
chapter Chapter 8|13 pages
The Value of a Cognitive-behavioural Approach to the Treatment of Problem Drinkers
chapter Chapter 11|10 pages
The Anatomy of Organisational Melancholia, or Why Treatment Works on Some Occasions and Not on Others
part Three|85 pages
What is Effective Prevention?