The Role of Psychiatry in the Field of Alcoholism. With Comment on the Concept of Alcoholism as Symptom and as Disease
- 1 March 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. in Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Vol. 12 (1) , 52-57
- https://doi.org/10.15288/qjsa.1951.12.052
Abstract
Alcoholism is described as a symptom which has gotten out of hand and become a disease in its own right. Recognition of this fact helps to free the psychiatrist from the error of confusing underlying mechanisms with the exterior dynamics of the condition. Both are held inportant.Keywords
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