Alcohol and human behavior : theory, research, and practice

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Alcohol and human behavior : theory, research, and practice

P. Clayton Rivers

Prentice Hall, c1994

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Surveys the critical issues discussed in the field, pointing out how each issue has been approached from several theoretical perspectives.

Table of Contents

I. BASIC ISSUES. 1. Introduction to Alcohol and the History of Its Use. 2. Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Alcoholism: Definitions and Typologies/Models. 3. Scope of the Problem. 4. The Effects of Alcohol on the Body. II. THEORY. 5. Physiological/Genetic Theories of Alcoholism. 6. Psychological Theories: Predispositional. 7. Psychological Theories: Social Learning. 8. Sociocultural Factors in Alcohol Use and Abuse. III. INTERVENTION, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION. 9. Intervention, Assessment, and Individual Treatment. 10. Alcohol and the Family: Family Therapy. 11. Group Therapy. 12. Alcoholics Anonymous. 13. Prevention and Intervention. Index.

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