Alcohol, psychiatry and society : comparative and transnational perspectives, c. 1700-1990s /
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| Imprint: | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022. ©2022 |
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| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social histories of medicine Social histories of medicine. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13553676 |
| Summary: | The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of alcohol and drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon. Emphasising medical attitudes and theories regarding alcohol and the changing perception of alcohol consumption in psychiatry and mental health, it explores the shift from the use of alcohol in clinical treatment and as part of dietary regimens to the emergence of alcoholism as a disease category that requires medical intervention and is considered a threat to public health.<br> <br> An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781526159410 1526159414 9781526159397 1526159392 9781526159403 |