The Treatment of Drinking Problems - Griffith Edwards, E. Jane Marshall, Christopher C. Cook

The Treatment of Drinking Problems

A Guide for the Helping Professions
Buch | Softcover
380 Seiten
1997 | 3rd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-49793-0 (ISBN)
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The third edition of an internationally acclaimed clinical text. The unique feature of this book remains its ability to address clinical reality practically and also offer authoritative review of the research literature. Extensively revised throughout including two totally new chapters, this classic text is ensured of continued popularity.
This third edition represents the further development of a highly successful clinical text which has been acclaimed internationally. Two new authors bring strong additional expertise to the writing team, and the unique feature of this book remains its ability to address the realities of the clinical world directly while offering an authoritative review of the research literature. Extensively revised throughout, of particular note are completely new chapters covering alcohol as a drug, causes of excessive drinking, drinking problems and the life course, and a new look at both the physical complications associated with alcoholism and the organisation of treatment services. The authors adeptly address the everyday needs of the clinical front-line through presentations which are enlivened through personal clinical experience and illustrated by case vignette. A classic text in its field, this comprehensive and timely new edition will ensure its continued popularity.

Background to Understanding: 1. Causes of drinking problems; 2. Alcohol as a drug; 3. The alcohol dependence syndrome; 4. Drinking problems and the family; 5. Social complications of excessive drinking; 6. Drinking problems and psychiatric illness; 7. Drug problems and alcohol problems; 8. Physical complications of excessive drinking; 9. Women with drinking problems; 10. Some special presentations; 11. Drinking problems and the life course: screening, assessment and treatment; 12. Case identification and screening; 13. Assessment as the beginning of therapy; 14. Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal; 15. The basic work of treatment; 16. Alcoholics Anonymous; 17. Special techniques; 18. Working towards normal drinking; 19. When things go wrong, and putting them right; 20. Treatment settings, professional roles and the organisation of treatment services.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.10.1997
Zusatzinfo 5 Tables, unspecified; 1 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 228 mm
Gewicht 620 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Suchtkrankheiten
ISBN-10 0-521-49793-0 / 0521497930
ISBN-13 978-0-521-49793-0 / 9780521497930
Zustand Neuware
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