Alcoholism

Zusatztext ...recommended to anyone who has concerns about their own or someone else's drinking, who wants to understand what is going on...a resource that teases out some of the complexities of alcohol use in society and of alcohol dependence...[and] the often conflicting issues around definition, aetiology and treatment. Klappentext Alcoholism: The Facts, fourth edition, is an engaging but authoritative analysis of the devastating effects of the disease. New material to this edition provides up-to-date information on the effects of alcohol consumption on the body and the particular sensitivity of women to the effects of drinking. Zusammenfassung Alcoholism: The Facts, fourth edition, is an engaging but authoritative analysis of the devastating effects of the disease. New material to this edition provides up-to-date information on the effects of alcohol consumption on the body and the particular sensitivity of women to the effects of drinking. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Alcoholic beverages 2: Alcohol in the body 3: Alcohol and its effects 4: Alcohol through the ages 5: What is alcoholism? 6: The symptoms 7: The course 8: Women and alcohol 9: Risk factors 10: Alcoholism and co-occuring mental illness (dual diagnosis) 11: Heredity 12: Drinking 'rewards' 13: Judgment and self-control 14: Treating alcoholism 15: Psychological approaches to the treatment of alcoholism 16: Medications to treat the alcoholic 17: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 18: Attacking the problem

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• Authors: Jan Campbell, Jan L. Campbell, Jan L. ( Campbell, Jan L. (Professor in Psychiatry and Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program Campbell, Jr. Gabrielli, William F Gabrielli, William F. Gabrielli, Goodwin, Donald W. Goodwin, Donald W. ( Goodwin, Donald W. (Distinguished University Professor in Psychiatry Emeritus Goodwin, Elizabeth Jan, Ann Manzardo, Ann M. Manzardo, Ann M. ( Manzardo, Ann M. (Assistant Professor and Pharmacologist Manzardo, Elizabeth Penick, Elizabeth C. Penick, Elizabeth C. ( Penick, Elizabeth C. (Professor and Director of Psychology Penick, Ann William
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2008
• EAN: 9780199231393
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923139-3
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 10 mm
• Series: The Facts; Facts
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology