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Behavioral techniques and principles have been intimately involved in, if not central to, many of the controversies of the past decade and a half in the field of alcoholism. One need only mention nonabstinent outcome criteria, experimentally induced inebriation, controlled drinking, the medical model, or the Rand report to bring to mind the intensity, and sometimes the bitterness, of the arguments concerning these issues. In addition to generating heat, however, the controversies also stimulated many new ideas, research studies, and treatments.
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Gottheil, E. (1983). Overview. In: Galanter, M., et al. Genetics Behavioral Treatment Social Mediators and Prevention Current Concepts in Diagnosis. Recent Developments in Alcoholism, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3617-4_5
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