Alcohol problems in the community / edited by Larry Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Larry, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism--Great Britain.

Alcoholism.

Substance abuse--Great Britain.

Substance abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Community surveys reveal that about 6% of the adult male and 1% of the adult female population in England and Wales are drinking at high risk levels. Alcohol Problems in the Community examines the implications of recent community care legislation for government policy on alcohol. The first part of the book begins with a report on recent US research on the role of alcohol in the perpetration of child abuse and recent research on young people's drinking problems. This is followed by a study on the prevalence of drinking problems amongst older people which has been underestimated. I

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Inter-generational links between childhood abuse and alcohol-related problems; Alcohol and youth; Alcohol and the care of older people; People with learning difficulties: alcohol and ordinary lives; Drinking and homelessness in the UK; Social influences on treatment outcomes; Gender divisions and drinking problems; Services for women: the way forward; Drinking problems among Black communities; Community care policy and the future of alcohol services; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-83625-2

1-134-83626-0

1-282-77833-1

9786612778339

0-203-41078-5

9780203410783

OCLC:

647373165