- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Part 1 Roots of Addiction in Free-market Society
- Chapter 1 Vancouver as Prototype
- Chapter 2 Addiction1, Addiction2, Addiction3, Addiction4 …
- Chapter 3 The Dislocation Theory of Addiction
- Chapter 4 Psychosocial Integration is a Necessity
- Chapter 5 Free-market Society Undermines Psychosocial Integration
- Chapter 6 Addiction is a Way of Adapting to Dislocation: Historical Evidence
- Chapter 7 Addiction is a Way of Adapting to Dislocation: Quantitative Research, Clinical Reports, and ‘Spam’
- Chapter 8 Addiction is a Way of Adapting to Dislocation: The Myth of the Demon Drugs
- Part 2 The Interaction of Addiction and Society
- Chapter 9 Addiction and Society
- Chapter 10 The Role of Addiction in the Civilised Madness of the 21st Century
- Chapter 11 Getting by
- Chapter 12 Spiritual Treatment for Addiction: The ‘Fifth Pillar’
- Chapter 13 Socrates’ ‘Master Passions’ and Dikaiosunê1
- Chapter 14 From Blindness and Paralysis to Action
- Chapter 15 Social Actions to Control Addiction: Question Period
- References
- Index
(p. 363) Social Actions to Control Addiction: Question Period
- Chapter:
- (p. 363) Social Actions to Control Addiction: Question Period
- Author(s):
Bruce K. Alexander
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199588718.003.0016
Each time I finish delivering a public lecture on addiction, someone in the audience brings my lofty abstractions down to earth by asking some form of the question, ‘What can I do about addiction from the perspective of the dislocation theory?’ To my everlasting frustration, this very personal question cannot be answered well in the rush of a short question period. The short answer is that whereas ‘I’—one person alone—can help a few individuals at best, we...
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- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Part 1 Roots of Addiction in Free-market Society
- Chapter 1 Vancouver as Prototype
- Chapter 2 Addiction1, Addiction2, Addiction3, Addiction4 …
- Chapter 3 The Dislocation Theory of Addiction
- Chapter 4 Psychosocial Integration is a Necessity
- Chapter 5 Free-market Society Undermines Psychosocial Integration
- Chapter 6 Addiction is a Way of Adapting to Dislocation: Historical Evidence
- Chapter 7 Addiction is a Way of Adapting to Dislocation: Quantitative Research, Clinical Reports, and ‘Spam’
- Chapter 8 Addiction is a Way of Adapting to Dislocation: The Myth of the Demon Drugs
- Part 2 The Interaction of Addiction and Society
- Chapter 9 Addiction and Society
- Chapter 10 The Role of Addiction in the Civilised Madness of the 21st Century
- Chapter 11 Getting by
- Chapter 12 Spiritual Treatment for Addiction: The ‘Fifth Pillar’
- Chapter 13 Socrates’ ‘Master Passions’ and Dikaiosunê1
- Chapter 14 From Blindness and Paralysis to Action
- Chapter 15 Social Actions to Control Addiction: Question Period
- References
- Index