Loosening the Grip: A Handbook of Alcohol Information with PowerWeb: Drugs [Paperback]

Jean Kinney (Author), G. Jean Kinney (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072467088 | ISBN-13: 978-0072467086 | Publication Date: November 28, 2000 | Edition: 6

This text offers a through approach to understanding alcohol and its physical and psychological affects on an individual. It is the only comprehensive, self-contained book intended to cover the range of psychological factors, physical complications, treatment options, and family concerns. The text is easy to read and covers a broad range of situations making it suitable for academics, students, or families of alcoholics.

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About the Author

Jean Kinney, Lecturer in Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, was the Associate Director of the Alcohol Counselor Training Program at Dartmouth conducted between 1972 and 1978. That program that was the impetus for this text. Upon completion of the Alcohol Counselor Training Program, she became the Director Project Cork, a program established to develop and implement a model curriculum for medical student education. At the completion of Project Cork, the Resource Center that was established as part of that effort, was transferred to the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs of the State of Vermont's Department of Health. Professor Kinney oversees this Resource Center that continues to serves as a resource for substance abuse and health-care professionals statewide and nationally.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 6 edition (November 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072467088
• ISBN-13: 978-0072467086
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,270,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loosening the Grip, September 7, 2001

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"larrywoz" (Chicago, ILLinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loosening the Grip: A Handbook of Alcohol Information with PowerWeb: Drugs (Paperback)

This book is a must for anyone studing to be a Substancce Abuse Counselor. The author covers everything one would need to know regarding the disease of addiction.
Historical information regarding alcohol and drugs is also provided.
Having worked in the field of substance abuse counseling for a number of years, I have noticed that hearing officers for the Secretary of State of Illinois often use this book and quote from it when writing out their decisions on DUI offenders seeking reinstatement of their driving privileges through the formal hearing process.
I make sure I keep my copy in my bookshelf for a reference book.

5.0 out of 5 stars I did not understand the star system and I give this the highest you can get for the shipping, January 8, 2010

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