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History of Addiction
A Disease Concept for the 21st Century
- By William White
- Published 10/13/2006
- History of Addiction
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If the field embraces the larger spectrum of people with AOD (and other) problems within its purview (which it has), then it must significantly expand its potential treatment goals and intervention technologies (which it has not).
Alcoholics Anonymous and the Disease Concept of Alcoholism
- By Misc Author
- Published 10/12/2006
- History of Addiction
- Unrated
Contrary to common opinion, Alcoholics Anonymous neither originated nor promulgated what has come to be called the disease concept of alcoholism. Yet its members did have a large role in spreading and popularizing that understanding.
Addiction as a Disease: Birth of a Concept
- By William White
- Published 10/11/2006
- History of Addiction
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Are alcoholism and other addictions diseases? If so, what manner of diseases are they, and how can they best be treated? If not, then how can we understand and respond to such conditions?
Recovery Management and People of Color
- By William White
- Published 10/11/2006
- History of Addiction
- Unrated
Historically disempowered persons, and, in particular, communities of color, have been illserved by acute, biomedical models of intervention into alcohol and other drug problems.
