Resisting 12-step Coercion

Resisting 12-step Coercion PDF Author: Stanton Peele
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ISBN: 9781884365171
Category : Alcoholics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Every year, over one million Americans are coerced into 12-step treatments. Peele, a psychologist, attorney, and outspoken critic of the addiction treatment industry, provides intellectual, practical, and scientific background for lay people and professionals to fight against coerced referrals to 12-step addiction treatment and groups. He refutes the disease concept of alcoholism and addiction, describes ways people are coerced into treatment, analyzes evidence for the effectiveness of 12-step treatment, and looks at alternativesAnnotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.