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Voices of the Afflicted
Author(s) -
Erickson Carlton K.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03803.x
Subject(s) - addiction , psychology , alcohol abuse , engineering ethics , social psychology , criminology , epistemology , psychiatry , engineering , philosophy
Over the past 10 years, I have been privileged to conduct educational forums for audiences containing many recovering alcoholics or otherwise chemically dependent persons. In these forums about the addictive diseases and their treatment and research possibilities, significant interaction with the audience members occurs. During these interactions, certain anecdotal phenomena seem to predominate. The repetitive nature of these reports suggests the need for systematic investigation. As with editorial comments in major medical journals, obsetved phenomena and unanswered questions from those afflicted can be valuable in the generation of testable hypotheses. Pehaps the ideas presented herein will be useful in the development of future research on alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence.