World dialogue on alcohol and drug dependence. / Edited by Elizabeth D. Whitney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitney, Elizabeth D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism.

Drug abuse.

Physical Description:

xi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Alcohol and drug dependence.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [1970]

Contents:

The past and present status of alcoholism, an overview, by A. Tongue.

The twelve-year struggle against alcoholism in France, by L. Fleck.

Alcoholism in Scandinavia, by T. Kjolstad.

Alcoholism in Australia, by R. Seaborn and A. P. Diehm.

Czechoslovakia's response to alcoholism, by J. Skala.

Recent developments in the struggle against alcoholism in Italy, by G. Mastrangelo.

Meeting the problems of alcoholism in the United States, by S. Bacon.

Voluntary agencies, their past and future roles, by E. D. Whitney.

Alcoholics Anonymous, by J. Norris.

Office treatment of the alcoholic by the private physician, by R. Fox and B. Leach.

The minister's role in recovery from alcoholism, by J. L. Kellermann.

Alcoholism and the work world: prevention in a new light, by H. Trice.

The use of pharmacological adjuncts in the comprehensive therapy of alcoholics, by E. C. Hoff.

Jamming the revolving door: new approaches to the public drunkenness offenders, by D. J. Pittman.

Assessment and treatment of youthful drug users, by D. J. Myerson.

A response to the drug age, by H. D. Archibald.

Alcoholism and drug dependence - under one umbrella? By M. M. Glatt.

Predisposition to alcoholism, by J. Mardones.

Issues and trends, by E. D. Whitney.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0807027766

OCLC:

101887