Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Abuse | Drug Therapy Is an Effective Treatment for Alcohol Abuse
Donald W. Goodwin was a professor of psychiatry at the University of Kansas and the author of several books on alcoholism, including Is Alcoholism Hereditary? and Alcoholism: The Facts, from which this viewpoint is excerpted.
Summary: Antabuse, a drug that makes people physically ill when they drink, has been the most widely used drug for alcohol therapy for the past 25 years. Antabuse has had a controversial history due to early deaths cause by overdoses of the drug. However, Antabuse promises a recovery from alcoholism as long as the...
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Table of Contents
- Alcoholism Is a Disease
- Alcoholism Is Not a Disease
- Alcoholics Anonymous Is the Best Treatment for Alcoholics
- Alcoholics Anonymous Is Not the Best Treatment for Alcoholics
- Alcoholics Cannot Learn to Drink in Moderation
- Alcoholics Can Learn to Drink in Moderation
- Colleges Should Promote Tougher Policies Against Alcohol Abuse
- Colleges Should Promote Moderate Drinking
- Drug Therapy Is an Effective Treatment for Alcohol Abuse
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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