The chronic disease concept of addiction : helpful or harmful?

In contemporary culture, socially deviant behavior is increasingly being conceptualized as the result of a disease. This, perhaps, is most salient in regards to addiction. The chronic disease model of alcoholism has its roots in early assumptions that have recently been discredited or at least cha...

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Main Author: Wiens, Thomas K.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/49952