Slaying the dragon : the history of addiction treatment and recovery in America /

Slaying the dragon : the history of addiction treatment and recovery in America /

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Author / Creator:	White, William L., 1947-
Edition:	Second edition
Imprint:	Bloomington, Illinois : Chestnut Health Systems/Lighthouse Institute, [2014]
Description:	xxi, 558 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Alcoholism -- Treatment -- United States -- History. Drug abuse -- Treatment -- United States -- History. Rehabilitation centers -- United States -- History. Alcoholism -- Treatment. Drug abuse -- Treatment. Rehabilitation centers. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10083906

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ISBN:	9780692213469 0692213465
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	"This is the remarkable story of America's personal and instituional responses to alcoholism and other addictions. It is the story of mutual aid societies: the Washingtonians, the Blue Ribbon Reform Clubs, the Ollapod Club, the United Order of Ex-Boozers, the Jacoby Club, Alcoholics Anonymous and Women for Sobriety. It is a story of addiction treatment institutions from the inebriate asylums and Keeley Institutes to Hazelden and Parkside. It is the story of evolving treatment interventions that range from water cures and mandatory sterilization to aversion therapies and methadone maintenance. William White has provided a sweeping and engaging history of one of America's most enduring problems and the profession that was birthed to respond to it" -- BACK COVER.

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