Mixed models of alcoholism. Definitions, etiology, treatment and prognosis in health education textbooks.
The information on alcoholism presented in college-level health education textbooks was compared with eight models of alcoholism. No model was cited consistently; diverse knowledge bases, models of alcoholism and moral views were implicit in the texts. The utility of the models is also discussed.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001348:Aversive Therapy; D005190:Family; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009014:Morals; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D013315:Stress, Psychological