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At the heart of the disease model of alcoholism is a poorly understood and poorly defined concept usually called “loss of control” which, for most psychologists, is on its last legs if not actually down and out. Our aim in this paper is to try to bring it in from the cold, dust it down and generally make it more presentable to the behavioural scientist.
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Hodgson, R., Rankin, H., Stockwell, T. (1978). Craving and Loss of Control. In: Nathan, P.E., Marlatt, G.A., Løberg, T. (eds) Alcoholism. NATO Conference Series, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2874-2_13
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