THE DISEASE CONCEPT OF ALCOHOLISM

by E.M.Jellinek

Jellinek is well known for his studies of alcoholism and founded the Center of Alcohol Studies and Summer School of of Alcohol Studies at Yale and Rutgers University. Jellineck's research played a major role in the treatment of Alcoholism as a disease He also co-founded the National Council on Alcoholism. This book covers (A) Social, cultural and economic factors. (B) Formulations of the disease concept of alcoholism. (C) Attitudes toward the idea of alcoholism as an illness.

Publ. College & University Press, New Haven, CT,
copyright 1960, 1983, 246 pages

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