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Asperger syndrome and alcohol : drinking to cope? / Matthew Tinsley and Sarah Hendrickx ; foreword by Temple Grandin.
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EBSCOhost Ebook Public Library Collection - North America- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tinsley, Matthew.
- Series:
- Adults speak out about Asperger syndrome
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asperger's syndrome--Patients--Alcohol use.
- Asperger's syndrome.
- Dual diagnosis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (143 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book exposes the unexplored problem of people with ASDs using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with everyday life. The authors provide an overview of ASDs and of alcohol abuse, and explore current knowledge. Tinsley explores his own personal history as someone with an ASD who has experienced and beaten alcohol addiction.
- Contents:
- Asperger syndrome and alcohol: why should there be a link?
- Childhood and adolescence: where does it start?
- The adult social world: friendship, relationships and other people
- Employment: drinking and the workplace
- Beginning of the end: a failing strategy
- Drying out: support and rehabilitation
- Life beyond the booze: recovering autistic alcoholic.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611782429
- 9781281782427
- 1281782424
- 9781846428142
- 1846428149
- OCLC:
- 506070806
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