TY - BOOK ID - 118344233 TI - Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society : Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s. AU - Ernst, Waltraud. AU - Müller, Thomas. PY - 2022 SN - 1526159392 1526159414 1526159406 PB - Manchester : Manchester University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Alcohol KW - Alcoholism KW - Social aspects KW - History. KW - Therapeutic use KW - Psychological aspects KW - Addiction to alcohol KW - Alcohol abuse KW - Dipsomania KW - Drinking problem KW - Jellinek's disease KW - Liquor problem KW - Substance abuse KW - Drinking of alcoholic beverages KW - Drinking alcohol KW - Grain alcohol KW - Potable alcohol KW - Intoxicants KW - Alcohols KW - alcohol. KW - alcoholism. KW - colonialism. KW - drunkenness. KW - family. KW - gender. KW - medicalisation. KW - psychiatry. KW - race. KW - tradition. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118344233 AB - The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon, emphasising medical attitudes to alcohol and the changing perception of consumption in psychiatry and mental health. ER -