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Author : Rodney Hugh Wilkins
Release : 1974
Genre : Alcoholics
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Book Synopsis The Hidden Alcoholic in General Practice by : Rodney Hugh Wilkins
Download or read book The Hidden Alcoholic in General Practice written by Rodney Hugh Wilkins. This book was released on 1974. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William S. Pearson
Release : 1960
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Book Synopsis The "hidden" Alcoholic in a General Hospital by : William S. Pearson
Download or read book The "hidden" Alcoholic in a General Hospital written by William S. Pearson. This book was released on 1960. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Madden
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 371/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Alcoholism and Drug Dependence by : J. Madden
Download or read book Alcoholism and Drug Dependence written by J. Madden. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is for me, as President of the Merseyside Lancashire & Cheshire Council on Alcoholism, a signal privilege to write a brief foreword to these Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. During the week experts, from the world over, in all those disciplines which have a contribution to make to the solution of the problems of alcoholism and drug dependence, surveyed recent advances in our knowledge of the aetiology, epidemiology, early recognition, management, and the social and industrial implications of these twin scourges of the contemporary scene. The discussions were most helpful and enlightening even when a wide spectrum of conflicting views and experiences were revealed. The justification for adding yet another volume to the growing literature in this field is two-fold; first, that those taking part in the conference can study at leisure and in depth the transactions of the conference; and secondly, that those who were unable to attend might benefit from the most recent views of international experts in the diverse facets of one of the major current problems in world health. LORD COHEN OF BIRKENBEAD CH, PRSH, MD, DSc, ScD, LLD, DCL, FRCP, DL, JPo CONTENTS Introduction . . • . . . . . . . . . . . .
Author : Benjamin Kissin
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 740/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Biology of Alcoholism by : Benjamin Kissin
Download or read book The Biology of Alcoholism written by Benjamin Kissin. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pathogenesis is defined in Blakiston's Medical Dictional), as "the course of development of disease, including the sequence of processes or events from inception to the characteristic lesion or disease. " The central position of the word "pathogenesis" in the titles of Volumes 6 and 7 in itself connotes a bias on the part of the editors in favor of the disease concept of alcoholism, inasmuch as the end product of the pathogenetic process is presumed to be a disease. But the disease model as here conceptualized is vastly different from that of Jellinek, or of Alcoholics Anonymous, or of psychoanalysis. In those theories, alcoholism is seen as the inevitable consequence of some specific flaw in the heredity or the experience of the afflicted individual that inexorably leads to alcoholism. In these present volumes, the alcoholic syndrome is viewed rather as the outgrowth of the interaction of a variety of biological, psychological, and social influences which, depending on the predom inance of one or another, may lead to different types of alcoholism. This view, which has been labeled the bio-psycho-social perspective, encompasses a larger view of the dynamics of the development of alcoholism, incorporating data from each of the phenomenologic levels involved. An additional complication arises from the fact that the physiolog ical and psychosocial stigmata of alcoholics, which are probably most often the result of prolonged drinking, frequently have come to be considered as causes of the disease.
Author : Sarah A. Benton
Release : 2009-02-27
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Synopsis Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic by : Sarah A. Benton
Download or read book Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic written by Sarah A. Benton. This book was released on 2009-02-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is the typical alcoholic among the 12.5 million living in the United States now? Many, if not most of us when asked that question, would envision a skid row bum or someone at least out of work or with little education locked into a low-skill, low-paying job. But that is not accurate, according to the results of a national study released in June, 2007 by the National Institutes of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The NIAAA determined that alcoholics in the United States really fall into five subtypes, including nearly 20 percent who are highly functional alcoholics, well-educated with good incomes. They include corporate presidents, powerful politicians, police, lawyers, doctors, scientists, and other highly-skilled, highly-educated people who are middle- to high-income and by most accounts successful. In this unprecedented book, mental health counselor Sarah Benton takes us into the worlds and minds of so-called high-functioning alcoholics, to understand how people so intelligent and achievement-oriented get drawn into states in which they secretly cannot control their liquor consumption but still manage to excel in their careers. The book includes a look at celebrity alcoholics like singer Eric Clapton and actor/comedian Robin Williams, as well as alcoholics in high positions including Chris Albrecht, former Chairman and CEO of HBO. Other high-profile people included in this book are Miss USA 2007 Tara Conner and football legend Joe Namath. With her own story of alcoholism and her recovery woven into the text, Benton takes us into the lives and challenges of these well-educated and successful people, seeking to understand how, when, and why they became addicted, as well as the reasons their alcoholism is, for most, so hard to admit, cope with, and recover from.
