The Natural History Of Alcoholism Revisited

Author : George E. Vaillant
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780674044562

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The Natural History of Alcoholism Revisited by George E. Vaillant Pdf

When The Natural History of Alcoholism was first published in 1983, it was acclaimed in the press as the single most important contribution to the literature on alcoholism since the first edition of Alcoholic Anonymous’s Big Book. George Vaillant took on the crucial questions of whether alcoholism is a symptom or a disease, whether it is progressive, whether alcoholics differ from others before the onset of their alcoholism, and whether alcoholics can safely drink. Based on an evaluation of more than 600 individuals followed for over forty years, Vaillant’s monumental study offered new and authoritative answers to all of these questions. In this updated version of his classic book, Vaillant returns to the same subjects with the perspective gained from fifteen years of further follow-up. Alcoholics who had been studied to age 50 in the earlier book have now reached age 65 and beyond, and Vaillant reassesses what we know about alcoholism in light of both their experiences and the many new studies of the disease by other researchers. The result is a sharper focus on the nature and course of this devastating disorder as well as a sounder foundation for the assessment of various treatments.

Author : George E. Vaillant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1985-06-01
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : 0674603761

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The Natural History of Alcoholism by George E. Vaillant Pdf

Alcoholism is a disorder of enormous scope and destructive power that affects a third of all American families. Yet, despite extensive research, there are few uncontested answers to fundamental questions about this devastating disorder. Based on an evaluation of more than 600 individuals followed for over 40 years, George Vaillant's monumental study offers new and authoritative answers to all of these questions.

Author : George E. Vaillant
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780674071810

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Triumphs of Experience by George E. Vaillant Pdf

At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: our lives continue to evolve in our later years, and often become more fulfilling than before. Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over 200 men, starting with their undergraduate days. The now-classic Adaptation to Life reported on the men’s lives up to age 55 and helped us understand adult maturation. Now George Vaillant follows the men into their nineties, documenting for the first time what it is like to flourish far beyond conventional retirement. Reporting on all aspects of male life, including relationships, politics and religion, coping strategies, and alcohol use (its abuse being by far the greatest disruptor of health and happiness for the study’s subjects), Triumphs of Experience shares a number of surprising findings. For example, the people who do well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa. While the study confirms that recovery from a lousy childhood is possible, memories of a happy childhood are a lifelong source of strength. Marriages bring much more contentment after age 70, and physical aging after 80 is determined less by heredity than by habits formed prior to age 50. The credit for growing old with grace and vitality, it seems, goes more to ourselves than to our stellar genetic makeup.

Author : Henrietta Robin Barnes, MD
Publisher : Dartmouth College Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781611686753

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Hijacked Brains by Henrietta Robin Barnes, MD Pdf

This book, written from the perspective of a practicing primary care physician, interweaves patientsÕ stories with fascinating new brain research to show how addictive drugs overtake basic brain functions and transform them to create a chronic illness that is very difficult to treat. The idea that drug and alcohol addiction are chronic illnesses and not character flaws is not newsÑthis notion has been around for many years. What Hijacked Brains offers is context and personal stories that demonstrate this point in a very accessible package. Dr. Barnes explores how the healthy brain works, how addictive drugs flood basic reward pathways, and what it feels like to grapple with addiction. She discusses how, for individuals, the combination of genetic and environmental factors determines both vulnerability for addiction and the resilience necessary for recovery. Finally, she shows how American culture, with its emphasis on freewill and individualism, tends to blame the addict for bad choices and personal weakness, thereby impeding political and/or health-related efforts to get the addict what she needs to recover.

Author : Dick B.
Publisher : Good Book Publishing Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1885803311

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Why Early A.A. Succeeded by Dick B. Pdf

Early AAs founded their pioneer program on basic ideas from the Bible. What did they study? What did they learn? How did they approach the possible biblical subjects? There are historical answers, and this book provides them. More important, how can someone in A.A. or a 12 Step program study the Bible in the way the pioneers did and achieve the same 75% to 93% documented success rates among seemingly hopeless medically incurable alcoholics who went to any lengths to establish their relationship and fellowship with God. This book shows you how to do it today!

Author : Dick B.
Publisher : Good Book Publishing Company
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1885803974

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Making Known the Biblical History and Roots of Alcoholics Anonymous by Dick B. Pdf

One-of-a-kind bibliography, research, and history resource containing explicit information about author Dick B.'s 16 years of research: (1) Collecting over 25,000 books and materials on the roots of A.A. (2) Using them in the publication of his 26 titles, more than 120 articles, and over 30 audio talks. (3) Describing where he went for the history, where it is located, who was interviewed, and what it contains. (4) It lists titles Dick used in his writing; all of the background titles involved in A.A.'s use of the Bible, Quiet Time, Oxford Group life-changing program, Anne Smith's Journal, Rev. Sam Shoemaker's teachings, religious literature AAs read, the United Christian Endeavor Movement, Carl Jung, William James, William D. Silkworth, Richard Peabody, Emmet Fox and many other New Thought influences. (5) It lists all the books in A.A. founder Dr. Bob's library and collections--a list found nowhere else. (6) It contains manuscripts from archives and libraries and personal collections all over the U.S. and England. (7) There is a huge collection of temperance books and literature described. (8) Topical books by A.A., about A.A., about alcoholism, about "spirituality," about the Bible, religion, and clergy. (9) Included are records of Dick's notes and interviews. (10 Almost this entire collection of materials has been donated to and can now be found and studied at Griffith Library, which is part of The Wilson House (birthplace of Bill W.) in East Dorset, Vermont. Taken together, this reference volume and the actual materials in the Griffith Library, constitute the largest and most complete record of early A.A. historical materials in the world today, other than the Library of Congress items.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : UCLA:L0087533824

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Alcohol Consumption and Problems in the General Population by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ella Howard
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812244724

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Homeless by Ella Howard Pdf

Homeless explores the efforts of private and public institutions to solve the problem of homelessness by tracing the rise and fall of skid rows in America through the lens of New York's Bowery. Crowded onto skid rows, the homeless lived apart from the middle classes, who saw them as an aberrant population.

Author : Harald Klingemann,Linda C. Sobell,J. Barker,J. Blomqvist,W. Cloud,T. Ellinstad,D. Finfgeld,R. Granfield,D. Hodgings,G. Hunt,C. Junker,F. Moggi,S. Peele,R. Smart,M. Sobell,J. Tucker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789401009225

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Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use by Harald Klingemann,Linda C. Sobell,J. Barker,J. Blomqvist,W. Cloud,T. Ellinstad,D. Finfgeld,R. Granfield,D. Hodgings,G. Hunt,C. Junker,F. Moggi,S. Peele,R. Smart,M. Sobell,J. Tucker Pdf

For many years, what has been known about recovery from addictive behaviors has come solely from treatment studies. Only recently has the study of recoveries in the absence of formal treatment or self-help groups provided an alternative source of information. This book on the process of self-change from addictive behaviors is the first of its kind, as it presents more than research findings. Rather, it presents the process of self-change from several different perspectives - environmental, cross-cultural, prevention and interventions at both societal and individual level. It provides strategies for how health care practitioners and government policy makers alike can aid and foster self-change. Directions for future research priorities are also presented.

Author : Jonah Lehrer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781476761404

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A Book About Love by Jonah Lehrer Pdf

Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary depictions, child-rearing manuals, and the language of online dating sites, Jonah Lehrer's A Book About Love plumbs the most mysterious, most formative, most important impulse governing our lives. Love confuses and compels us--and it can destroy and define us. It has inspired our greatest poetry, defined our societies and our beliefs, and governs our biology. From the way infants attach to their parents, to the way we fall in love with another person, to the way some find a love for God or their pets, to the way we remember and mourn love after it ends, this book focuses on research that attempts, even in glancing ways, to deal with the long-term and the everyday. The most dangerous myth of love is that it's easy, that we fall into the feeling and then the feeling takes care of itself. While we can easily measure the dopamine that causes the initial feelings of "falling" in love, the partnerships and devotions that last decades or longer remain a mystery. This book is about that mystery. Love, Lehrer argues, is not built solely on overwhelming passion, but, fascinatingly, on a set of skills to be cultivated over a lifetime.

Author : Louis A. Pagliaro,Ann Marie Pagliaro
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118117958

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Handbook of Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse by Louis A. Pagliaro,Ann Marie Pagliaro Pdf

More than 90 percent of adults with current substance use disorders started using before age 18, engaging in behaviors that affect healthy neurological and psychological development. This handbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the nature and extent of substance use by children and adolescents. The authors examine the direct impact on health, safety, and well being, as well as that of families and communities. This book will enable mental health professionals, students, and policy makers to develop effective prevention and treatment services for children and adolescents affected by substance abuse. Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title

Author : Marc Galanter,Lee Anne Kaskutas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387777252

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Research on Alcoholics Anonymous and Spirituality in Addiction Recovery by Marc Galanter,Lee Anne Kaskutas Pdf

It was once taken for granted that peer-assisted groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous had no “real” value in recovery from addiction. More recently, evidence-based medicine is recognizing a spiritual component in healing—especially when it comes to addiction. The newest edition of Recent Developments in Alcoholism reflects this change by focusing on the 12-step model of recovery as well as mindfulness meditation and other spiritually oriented activity. More than thirty contributors bring together historical background, research findings, and clinical wisdom to analyze the compatibility of professional treatment and nonprofessional support, day-to-day concepts of relapse prevention, the value of community building in recovery, and much more. Among the topics covered: (1) How and why 12-step groups work. (2) The impact of the spiritual on mainstream treatment. (3) The impact of AA on other nonprofessional recovery programs. (4) AA outcomes for special populations. (5) Facilitating involvement in 12-step programs. (6) Methods for measuring religiousness and spirituality in alcohol research. Whether one is referring clients to 12-step programs or seeking to better understand the process, this is a unique resource for clinicians and social workers. Developmental psychologists, too, will find Volume 18—Research on Alcoholics Anonymous and Spirituality in Addiction Recovery a worthy successor to the series.

Author : James E. Royce
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Alcohol
ISBN : 9780684823140

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Alcoholism and Other Drug Problems by James E. Royce Pdf

Author : Maureen Dezell
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780385495967

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Irish America by Maureen Dezell Pdf

Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contributions of the nation’s oldest ethnic group, who rank among the most highly educated and affluent Americans today. In Irish America, Maureen Dezell takes a new and invigorating look at Americans of Irish Catholic ancestry—who they are, and how they got that way. A welcome antidote to so many standard-issue, sentimental representations of the Irish in the United States, Irish America focuses on popular culture as well as politics; the Irish in the Midwest and West as well as the East; the “new Irish” immigrants; the complicated role of the Church today; and the unheralded heritage of Irish American women. Deftly weaving history, reporting, and the observations of more than 100 men and women of Irish descent on both sides of the Atlantic, Dezell presents an insightful and highly readable portrait of a people and a culture.

Author : Oliver Morgan
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780827200593

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Addiction and Spirituality by Oliver Morgan Pdf

Religious and secular counselors from a variety of disciplines share their basic approaches in working with addicted persons and their understandings of the spiritual dimension in treatment and recovery.