Types of Social Structures as Factors in “Cures” for Alcohol Addiction,
Bales F,
Human
organization, Vol.1 NO.3, 1-13, April-June, 1942
“Alcoholism
has presented a serious psychiatric and public health problem for
many years both from the point of view of social consequences and
from the point of view of effective treatment. Many psychiatrists
hesitate to speak of "cures" at all, preferring the terms
"improved" or "arrested cases." Although the
problem has been attacked from the most various hypotheses concerning
the nature of addiction, "cures" have always been very
difficult and uncertain, no matter what type of therapy has been
used. Against this background of medical and psychiatric experience
the claim of one temperance group stands out in startling relief:
"One-hundred-per-cent
effectiveness with non-psychotic drinkers who sincerely want to quit
is claimed by the workers of Alcoholics Anonymous."”
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