Physical Description:vi, 407 p. : ill ; 23 cm. print
Publisher:Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2004.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-390) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
'More dry, more wet': drinking as pastime and problem in first nations -- Alcohol abuse: a social problem inviting various control strategies -- Alcoholism as pathology: the reasoning and allure of the disease perspective -- Challenges to the disease model as an explanation of problem drinking -- An unhealthy relationship: the profession of medicine and alcohol abuse treatment -- From myth to reification: the firewater complex -- Violence and the firewater complex -- Explanations of problem drinking in first nations that fall 'outside the pathology box' -- The genesis of alcohol abuse norms in first nation reserve communities: an explanatory outline -- Goverrnmental and community reinforcement of the firewater complex -- An effective alcohol abuse service system for first nations: philosophical foundations -- Structural change: targeting the 'root system' of problem drinking on reserves -- Effective prevention programming directly targeted on alcohol abuse -- Principles and issues in direct intervention: an overview -- Effective therapies for problem drinkers and alcohol-dependent clients -- Conclusion.
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