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Highlights
- Heavy Drinking informs the general public for the first time how recent research has discredited almost every widely held belief about alcoholism, including the very concept of alcoholism as a single disease with a unique cause.
- About the Author: Herbert Fingarette, a distinguished professor at the University of California, has been a consultant on alcoholism and addiction to the World Health Organization, and a Fellow of the Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences.
- 195 Pages
- Psychology, Psychopathology
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Book Synopsis
Heavy Drinking informs the general public for the first time how recent research has discredited almost every widely held belief about alcoholism, including the very concept of alcoholism as a single disease with a unique cause. Herbert Fingarette presents constructive approaches to heavy drinking, including new methods of helping heavy drinkers and social policies for preventing heavy drinking and the harms associated with it.Review Quotes
"This enlightening and challenging book is a call to compassion for heavy drinkers. . . . Given the brevity of this clearly reasoned and well-researched book, and the ease with which both professionals and laypeople are able to grasp the issues presented, "Heavy Drinking will no doubt become a seminal volume in the field of alcohol treatment."--James Alsdurf, "Christianity Today
About the Author
Herbert Fingarette, a distinguished professor at the University of California, has been a consultant on alcoholism and addiction to the World Health Organization, and a Fellow of the Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. His work has had a significant influence on the U.S. Supreme Court, state supreme courts, and current national policy makers on substance abuse.Dimensions (Overall): 8.17 Inches (H) x 5.55 Inches (W) x .48 Inches (D)
Weight: .46 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 195
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Psychopathology
Publisher: University of California Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Herbert Fingarette
Language: English
Street Date: June 21, 1989
TCIN: 94273465
UPC: 9780520067547
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-6959
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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