The Economics of Addictive Behaviours Volume II The Private and Social Costs of the Abuse of Alcohol and Their Remedies /

• Main Author: Joshua, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Political economy.; Health promotion.; Welfare economics.; Social policy.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Health psychology.; Economics.; Health Economics.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice.; Social Policy.; Health Psychology.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Political Economy.

This title discusses the phenomenon of alcohol abuse as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details alcohol’s status as a psychoactive drug; he notes, however, that in contrast to other psychoactive drugs, alcohol has been widely culturally accepted in Western countries and le...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Consumption of Alcohol World-Wide
• Chapter 3. The Stages of Alcohol Abuse: From Initiation to Alcohol Dependence
• Chapter 4. The Consequences of Alcohol Abuse
• Chapter 5. The Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Abuse
• Chapter 6. Legal Remedies to Reduce the Abuse of Alcohol
• Chapter 7. The Market and the Social and Private Costs of Alcohol Abuse
• Chapter 8. Economic Remedies to Reduce Alcohol Abuse
• Chapter 9. The Politics of Corporate and Social Responsibilities
• Chapter 10. Conclusion.