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The treatment of drinking problems : a guide for the helping professions / Griffith Edwards, E. Jane Marshall, Christopher C.H. Cook.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Griffith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alcoholism--Treatment.
- Alcoholism.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- The Treatment of Drinking Problems has become, over the past 20 years, the definitive text in its field. Internationally acclaimed and translated into six languages, it is the most authoritative source book for the treatment of alcohol problems for all professionals who encounter them.
- Contents:
- Part I Background to understanding
- 1 The history of treatment for drinking problems 3
- 2 Causes of drinking problems 16
- 3 Alcohol as a drug 30
- 4 The alcohol dependence syndrome 47
- 5 Drinking problems and the family 70
- 6 Social complications of drinking 82
- 7 Drinking problems as cause of neuropsychiatric disorders 94
- 8 Alcohol problems and psychiatric co-morbidity 110
- 9 Alcohol and other drug problems 133
- 10 Physical complications of excessive drinking 147
- 11 Women with drinking problems 172
- 12 Some special presentations 185
- 13 Drinking problems and the life course 203
- Part II Screening, assessment and treatment
- 14 Case identification and screening 219
- 15 Assessment as the beginning of therapy 234
- 16 Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal 263
- 17 The basic work of treatment 280
- 18 Alcoholics Anonymous 300
- 19 Special techniques 313
- 20 Working towards normal drinking 343
- 21 When things go wrong, and putting them right 356
- 22 Treatment settings, professional roles and the organization of treatment services 369.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521017149
- OCLC:
- 49936221
- Online:
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