Is Alcoholism Hereditary? One in Six Families in America Is Affected by Alcoholism. Here Is the Answer to Their Most Pressing Question

Name: Is Alcoholism Hereditary? One in Six Families in America Is Affected by Alcoholism. Here Is the Answer to Their Most Pressing Question
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ISBN: 9780345348210

ISBN-10: 0345348214

ISBN-13: 9780345348210

Edition: 2nd 1988

Authors: Donald W. Goodwin

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A pioneering, comprehensive guide to the genetics of alcoholism Historically it has been widely accepted that alcoholism runs in families. Only during the last century did it become fashionable to blame alcoholism on faulty upbringing, lack of willpower, or heartbreaking disappointment. Now with the medical community again focusing on the influence of heredity on alcoholism, noted psychiatrist and researcher Donald W. Goodwin, MD, provides a comprehensive and reasoned overview of what their research has to offer. Beginning with basic information on the properties of alcohol and alcohol abuse, Dr. Goodwin brings to light the issues that alcoholics and their families must face: How and why…

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List price: $19.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/12/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.770

Introduction	p. 3
Alcohol	p. 8
Alcoholism	p. 27
A Family Disease	p. 63
Nature and Nurture	p. 83
The Case for Nature	p. 97
The Case for Nurture	p. 136
What Next?	p. 157
Treatment	p. 176
The Key Questions	p. 202
Notes and References	p. 209
Index	p. 251
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