Controlled Drinking by Nick Heather, Ian Robertson - 9781032601526

Name: Controlled Drinking by Nick Heather, Ian Robertson - 9781032601526
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Controlled DrinkingAuthor(s): Nick Heather, Ian Robertson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032601526, 978-1032601526\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 1981 and revised in 1983, Controlled Drinking was the first scholarly review of the literature on a controversial but increasingly practiced approach to the treatment of alcoholism. Nick Heather and Ian Robertson analyse all the pertinent questions that controlled drinking raises, starting with the need to examine the disease conception of alcoholism and total abstinence treatment. They look at the evidence indicating that some people, previously diagnosed as alcoholics, are able to return to normal, controlled patterns of drinking, and discuss therapies where controlled drinking is the treatment goal, fully reviewing the evidence for their success and failure. Concluding with a discussion of the theoretical and policy implications of controlled drinking, the aut.