| Description |
xiv, 321 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Why Addiction Is Not a Disease(And Why We Should Care that It Not Be Treated as Such) -- 2. Alcoholism in America(How We Discovered that Alcohol is Addictive and that So Many People Are Alcoholics) -- 3. Who Says what the Truths about Alcoholism Are? -- 4. Transforming the Addict onto a Role Model, and the Person into an Addict -- 5. The Addiction Treatment Industry -- 6. What Is Addiction, and How Do People Get It?(Values, Intentions, Self-Restraint, and Environments) -- 7. How People Quit Addictions, Usually on Their Own -- 8. Our Confusion over Law, Morality, and Addiction -- 9. How We Lost Control of Our World -- 10. Creating a World Worth Living In(Community, Efficacy, and Values) |
| Summary |
"There is absolutely no proven scientific evidence supporting the misconception that substance abuse and other addictions are genetically acquired diseases. Shocked? Diseasing of America is a powerful and controversial rebuttal to the "addiction as disease model" that many vested interests - including doctors, counselors, psychologists, treatment centers, and twelve-step programs that specialize in addiction treatment - don't want you to read."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previously published as 1st Lexington Books Pbk. ed.: New York : Lexington Books, 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-309) and index |
| Subject |
Alcoholism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Alcoholism -- Social aspects.
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Compulsive behavior -- Social aspects.
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Drug abuse -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Recovery movement.
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Drug abuse -- Social aspects.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Social aspects.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment -- United States.
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Substance abuse -- United States.
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Alcoholism -- therapy.
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Compulsive Behavior -- therapy.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
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| LC no. |
98030568 |
| ISBN |
0787946435 |
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