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Children of Alcoholics: Are They Different

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Currently, there is widespread agreement that alcoholism is a major public health problem. For far too long, however, alcoholism was neglected because it was viewed more as a moral issue rather than as a disease, from a scientific perspective. Many important questions and issues should be considered in developing a scientific basis for preventing and treating this illness, such as the topic of this particular chapter, which concerns the children of alcoholics. West has made significant contributions to the field of alcoholism, both in relation to his own studies and writings, and his prescient administrative guidance and direction.1−5

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA

    Anthony Kales MD

  2. Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA

    Anthony Kales MD

  3. Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Chester M. Pierce MD

  4. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Chester M. Pierce MD

  5. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Milton Greenblatt MD

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Noble, E.P. (1992). Children of Alcoholics: Are They Different. In: Kales, A., Pierce, C.M., Greenblatt, M. (eds) The Mosaic of Contemporary Psychiatry in Perspective. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9194-4_29

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