Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, c. 17001990s
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, c. 17001990s
By (Author) Waltraud Ernst
Edited by Thomas Mller
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
25th October 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems
Psychiatry
Drugs and alcohol: social aspects
362.29209
Physical Properties
Hardback
424
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 24mm
635g
Description
This is the first publication to investigate the rise of alcohol as a medical problem within a variety of countries and political and cultural contexts.
The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of alcohol and drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon. Emphasising medical attitudes and theories regarding alcohol and the changing perception of alcohol consumption in psychiatry and mental health, it explores the shift from the use of alcohol in clinical treatment and as part of dietary regimens to the emergence of alcoholism as a disease category that requires medical intervention and is considered a threat to public health.
Author Bio
Waltraud Ernst is Professor Emerita in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University
Thomas Mller is Professor in the History and Ethics of Medicine at Ulm University
