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Stanton Peele - The Meaning of Addiction: An Unconventional View - 9780787943820 - V9780787943820
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The Meaning of Addiction: An Unconventional View

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Description for The Meaning of Addiction: An Unconventional View Paperback. This work aims to present a controversial but persuasive analysis of alcohol and drug addiction: not as a biologically or genetically based disease, but rather an adaptation, however poor, to intrapsychic, family system, social and cultural environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFJK; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
A controversial and persuasive analysis of addiction

A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research andunderstanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass diseasenotions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social andcultural dynamics in addiction.
?David Cook, Counseling and Psychological Services, University ofWisconsin

This compelling and controversial book challenges the widelyaccepted belief that alcohol and drug addiction have a genetic orbiological basis. The so-called disease theory
suggests that a substance or activity can cause the addict to losecontrol of his behavior. Stanton Peele demonstrates how this notionfails to make ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787943820
SKU
V9780787943820
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Stanton Peele
STANTON PEELE, a leading figure in the addictions field, has won the Mark Keller award from the Rutgers Center Alcohol Studies and the Lindesmith Award from the Drug Policy Foundation. He is the author of the classic Love and Addiction and The Truth About Addiction and Recovery.

Reviews for The Meaning of Addiction: An Unconventional View
"A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research andunderstanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass diseasenotions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social andcultural dynamics in addiction." (David Cook, Counseling andPsychological Services, University of Wisconsin) "The Meaning of Addiction presented a new paradigm of addiction.The field has since become more open to the ... Read more

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