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William D. Silkworth, M.D., and the Origin and Development of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)
Cite as: McPeake,J.D. (2012) William D. Silkworth, M.D., and the origin and development of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.). Dublin NH, 03444: The Dublin Group, Inc., www.dubgrp.com
Abstract
William Duncan Silkworth, M.D. (WDS) had an important impact on the origin and development of A.A. This paper examines his contribution through a study of his biography (2002), his extant published and non-published papers in that biography, two additional papers not included in the biography, and an examination of other published information about the history of A.A. WDS developed the ¡°illness¡± concept of alcoholism, he performed several remarkable clinical interventions without which A.A. would probably never have formed, provided most significantly, medical legitimacy for A.A. when few other medical professionals would. Through his published works he introduced the developing A.A. movement to the wider medical community focusing on treatment models, relapse, and co-morbidity, topics of active discussion in the addiction treatment literature to this day.
