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The treatment of drinking problems : a guide for the helping professions / Griffith Edwards.

By: Edwards, Griffith.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Grant McIntyre Medical & Scientific, 1982Description: vii, 334 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0862860199 ; 0862860202 .Subject(s): Alcoholism -- TreatmentDDC classification: 616.86106
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Background to understanding -- Causes of excessive drinking -- The alcohol dependence syndrome -- Alcoholism and the family -- Social complications of excessive drinking -- Alcoholism and psychiatric illness -- Physical complications of excessive drinking -- Women with drinking problems -- Some special presentations -- Part II: Assessment -- Case history as initiation of therapy -- Initial assessment with the spouse -- Formulation and the setting of goals -- Case identification and screening -- Part III: Treatment -- Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal -- The basic work of treatment -- Alcoholics anonymous -- Special techniques -- Working towards normal drinking -- Treatment and the in-patient setting -- Organization of treatment services -- When things go wrong, and putting them right.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 616.86106 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00037077
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Background to understanding -- Causes of excessive drinking -- The alcohol dependence syndrome -- Alcoholism and the family -- Social complications of excessive drinking -- Alcoholism and psychiatric illness -- Physical complications of excessive drinking -- Women with drinking problems -- Some special presentations -- Part II: Assessment -- Case history as initiation of therapy -- Initial assessment with the spouse -- Formulation and the setting of goals -- Case identification and screening -- Part III: Treatment -- Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal -- The basic work of treatment -- Alcoholics anonymous -- Special techniques -- Working towards normal drinking -- Treatment and the in-patient setting -- Organization of treatment services -- When things go wrong, and putting them right.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Part I Background to Understanding
  • 1 The history of treatment for drinking problems
  • 2 Causes of drinking problems
  • 3 Alcohol as a drug
  • 4 The alcohol dependence syndrome
  • 5 Drinking problems and the family
  • 6 Social complications of excessive drinking
  • 7 Drinking problems as cause of neuropsychiatric disorder
  • 8 Alcohol problems and psychiatric comorbidity
  • 9 Alcohol and other drug problems
  • 10 Physical complications of excessive drinking
  • 11 Women with drinking problems
  • 12 Some special presentations
  • 13 Drinking problems and the life course
  • Part II Screening, Assessment and Treatment
  • 14 Case identification and screening
  • 15 Assessment as the beginning of therapy
  • 16 Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal
  • 17 The basic work of treatment
  • 18 Alcoholics Anonymous
  • 19 Special techniques
  • 20 Working toward normal drinking
  • 21 When things go wrong and putting them right
  • 22 Treatment settings, professional roles, and the organisation of treatment services
  • Index

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