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Recent Developments in Alcoholism
Marc . Ed(S): Galanter
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Paperback. Editor(s): Galanter, Marc. Series: Recent Developments in Alcoholism. Num Pages: 488 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBNS; MMG; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 679.
From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism In recent years, increasingly convincing evidence in support of a biobehavioral conceptual model of the etiology of alcoholism has emerged. In this model, the disorder is perceived as arising from the interaction of geneticlbiological vulnerability and psychosocial risk. Drinking, or alcohol-seeking, is a metric trait. Alcoholism, which is a state of abnormally intense alcohol-seeking be havior that, over time, leads to the alcohol dependence syndrome, lies at the extreme, high end of this quantitative measure. Metric traits are influenced by multiple genes; the extent of genetic loading of biological risk for ... Read more
From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism In recent years, increasingly convincing evidence in support of a biobehavioral conceptual model of the etiology of alcoholism has emerged. In this model, the disorder is perceived as arising from the interaction of geneticlbiological vulnerability and psychosocial risk. Drinking, or alcohol-seeking, is a metric trait. Alcoholism, which is a state of abnormally intense alcohol-seeking be havior that, over time, leads to the alcohol dependence syndrome, lies at the extreme, high end of this quantitative measure. Metric traits are influenced by multiple genes; the extent of genetic loading of biological risk for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Series
Recent Developments in Alcoholism
Number of Pages
458
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781489916860
SKU
V9781489916860
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