title: Addiction as a social construction: a postempirical view.
abstract: I examined the role of society and psychology as its agent in the growing problem of addiction in America. The social institutions of a given society establish and maintain a character structure unique to a particular era. The quality of that character is reflected in its inhabitants' individual psychological natures as either health or pathology. I examined the philosophical roots of psychology, its theories and their effect on perpetuating current erroneous beliefs about addiction, and psychology's role in finding real solutions.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Truan
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology; D012940:Social Problems