Alcohol abuse disease model

Caroll, Robert T xld. Substance Abuse Treatment. The Skeptic s Dictionary. Available online. URL http //skepdic.com/sat.html. Updated on November 11, 2003. This contrarian approach to substance abuse treatment acknowledges the good intentions of pioneers such as Charles Dederich of Synanon but argues that a number of programs violate human rights. The author questions the role and self-interest of professional interventionists who try to get substance abusers into treatment. He also argues that there is an inherent contradiction between the disease model of substance abuse and the moral approach of 12-step organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous. 

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