The treatment of drinking problems : a guide for the helping professions / Griffith Edwards.
By: Edwards, Griffith.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Grant McIntyre Medical & Scientific, 1982Description: vii, 334 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0862860199 ; 0862860202 .Subject(s): Alcoholism -- TreatmentDDC classification: 616.86106Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.86106 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00037077 |
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