Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s by Ernst, Waltraud

Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526159403)

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Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s by Ernst, Waltraud

Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s

$150.00
Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s by Ernst, Waltraud

Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s

$150.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Waltraud Ernst
ISBN-10: 1526159406
ISBN-13: 9781526159403
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2022
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d
By Waltraud Ernst
By Waltraud Ernst
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Waltraud Ernst is Professor Emerita in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University

Thomas M?ler is Professor in the History and Ethics of Medicine at Ulm University

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