Alcoholism: A Descriptive Study of the Clinical Response of 400 Patients Known to the Sunset Park Alcohol Clinic, Brooklyn, New York, 1963-1964

Rafael Rivera, Fordham University

Abstract

In 1939, according to the Jellinek formula, there were approximately three million persons living in the United States suffering from some degree of alcoholism. In 1959, according to the same formula, the estimate had risen to better than five million persons. During the same two decades, besides these changing statistics, the concepts regarding alcoholism and its treatment have also undergone considerable change.

Subject Area

Social work|Therapy|Counseling Psychology|Public health|Toxicology

Recommended Citation

Rivera, Rafael, "Alcoholism: A Descriptive Study of the Clinical Response of 400 Patients Known to the Sunset Park Alcohol Clinic, Brooklyn, New York, 1963-1964" (1966). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30359749.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30359749

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