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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherMartino FINE Books
ISBN-101578989361
ISBN-139781578989362
eBay Product ID (ePID)125094257
Product Key Features
Book TitleDisease Concept of Alcoholism
Number of Pages258 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAdult Children of Substance Abusers, Substance Abuse & Addictions / General, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Psychopathology / Addiction
Publication Year2010
GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
AuthorE. M. Jellinek
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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SynopsisReprint of 1960 Edition. Jellinek was the founder of the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies and several other research centers. Jellinek coined the expression "the disease concept of alcoholism," and significantly accelerated the movement towards the medicalization of drunkenness and alcohol habituation. This book was considered the most careful and penetrating analysis of its theme up to its time of publication. In 1960 he left Yale to develop work on alcoholism for the World Health Organization and other research centers concerned with the study of alcoholism. The Disease Concept of Alcoholism is now considered a classic work in the field., Reprint of 1960 Edition. Jellinek was the founder of the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies and several other research centers. Jellinek coined the expression "the disease concept of alcoholism", and significantly accelerated the movement towards the medicalization of drunkenness and alcohol habituation. This book was considered the most careful and penetrating analysis of its theme up to its time of publication. In 1960 he left Yale to develop work on alcoholism for the World Health Organization and other research centers concerned with the study of alcoholism. The Disease Concept of Alcoholism is now considered a classic work in the field.