Interpersonal Factors in the Genesis and Treatment of Alcohol Addiction,
Maxwell MA, SOCIAL
FORCES, Vol. 29 (4), 443-448, 1951
“Alcohol
addiction, said by Bowman and Jellinek to be the central problem of
alcohol, has been receiving the increased attention of scientific
workers during recent years – and deserves the research interests
of more sociologists.
The
etiology of alcohol addiction remains an unsolved problem.
Nevertheless, a review of the literature reveals a growing consensus
that "the problem drinker suffers from a chronic and deeply
ingrained disorder of personality." In the writings of many
psychiatrists, e.g., Nolan D.C. Lewis, Edward A. Strecker,
Robert V. Seliger, Harry M. Tiebout, George N.
Thompson, R.S. Banay, Paul Schilder, Edward B. Allen,
and Oskar Eiethelm, there are sketched only slightly varying versions
of this increasingly held assumption that neurotic factors are
prominently involved in the development of alcohol addiction.”
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