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A Critical Examination of Some Current Assumptions in the Treatment of Alcoholism
Ovide Pomerleau, Michael Pertschuk, James Stinnett
SUMMARY. Recent scientific research challenges a number of traditional assumptions in the treatment of alcoholism. Two major tenets, the disease conception of alcoholism and mandatory abstinence as a goal of treatment are reviewed, and insufficient evidence is found to support a dogmatic position on either.
