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The sober truth : debunking the bad science behind 12-step programs and the rehab industry  Cover Image Book Book

The sober truth : debunking the bad science behind 12-step programs and the rehab industry / Lance Dodes, MD and Zachary Dodes.

Dodes, Lance M. (Author). Dodes, Zachary, 1976- (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780807033159 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: ix, 179 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The problem -- The rise of AA -- Does AA work? -- The business of rehab and the broken promise of "AA-plus" -- So, what does work to treat addiction? -- What the addicts say -- Why does AA work when it does? -- The myths of AA -- The failure of addiction research, and designing the perfect study.
Subject: Addicts > Rehabilitation.
Substance abuse > Treatment.
Twelve-step programs.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Lance Dodes, MD, has been treating people with addictions for more than three decades. He is the author of The Heart of Addiction and Breaking Addiction. He is a Training and Supervising analyst emeritus with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and recently retired assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He lives in Southern California.

Zachary Dodes is a freelance writer based in Southern California. He earned a BA from Yale University and an MFA from the University of Southern California.


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