Addiction as a Social Construction: A Postempirical View
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- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 127 (5) , 489-499
Abstract
I examined the role of society and psychology as its agent in the growing problem of addiciton in America. The social institutions of a given society establish and maintain a character structure unique to a particular era. The quality of that character is reflected in its inhabitants' individual psychological natures as either health or pathology. I examined the philosophical roots of psychology, its theories and their effect on perpetuating current erroneous beliefs about addiction, and psychology's role in finding real solutions.Keywords
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