Alcoholism: Analysis of a World-Wide Problem

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Alcoholism treatment in the United Kingdom....Pages 3-7
Alcoholism management in New Zealand....Pages 9-17
Dependencies in the Socialist Republic of Croatia....Pages 19-31
Alcoholism in Nigeria....Pages 33-39
Alcoholism in Sri Lanka — a general survey....Pages 41-63
Alcohol-drinking habits of the Israeli public....Pages 65-101
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A continuum of care: treatment, training, prevention....Pages 105-139
The Henwood programme — treating the whole person....Pages 141-144
A social—psychological approach to alcohol use and abuse....Pages 145-150
Field-independence—dependence and levels of logical reasoning as predictors of programme completion in the treatment of alcoholism....Pages 151-157
Diagnosis and treatment of drinking problems in health centre patients suffering from anxiety states, phobias and psychosomatic symptoms....Pages 159-168
Is neuro-electric therapy of possible use in alcohol misuse?....Pages 169-176
Alcoholics as a problem of alcohol control policy....Pages 177-189
Impact of mandated alcohol abuse referrals on outpatient treatment agencies in New York State....Pages 191-206
Can we treat alcoholism?....Pages 207-213
Outreach . . . a spiritual prescription for success....Pages 215-217
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AA and the growing self-help movement....Pages 221-229
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The medical aspects of alcoholism....Pages 233-239
Mortality and alcoholism — the need for urgent detoxification....Pages 241-250
The family doctor as a scientist and friend of his alcohol-diseased patients....Pages 251-258
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Spiritual recovery: from addiction to freedom....Pages 261-269
The spiritual dynamics of recovery....Pages 271-277
A pastoral approach to the use of the 12 steps....Pages 279-285
A spiritual foundation....Pages 287-291
My involvement in an alcoholic treatment unit....Pages 293-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Behaviour therapy training for social workers, psychologists and physicians working in the addiction field....Pages 301-321
Natal alcoholism and emotionality....Pages 323-341
Object relationships and substance abuse: self-object and alcoholism....Pages 343-345
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Alcoholism and doctors....Pages 349-358
Treatment of gay alcoholics — separate but equal....Pages 359-361
Chemical dependency within the university communities....Pages 363-365
Increasing awareness in young people of alcohol problems....Pages 367-374
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The need for ‘recovery’ of the whole family....Pages 377-382
Wives of alcoholics....Pages 383-390
Children of alcoholics: young — adolescent — adult....Pages 391-405
Experiences of the counselling unit for families with alcohol related problems....Pages 407-412
Sexuality and the alcoholic family....Pages 413-420
Women’s sexuality and alcoholism....Pages 421-425
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The history, the philosophy and the essential components of employee assistance programmes....Pages 429-437
A contemporary view of employee assistance....Pages 439-447
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Alcohol problems at the workplace in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 449-455
Employee alcoholism programmes in Ireland....Pages 457-459
Employee assistance programmes and the treatment network: building an effective relationship....Pages 461-465
Unemployment and alcohol abuse....Pages 467-473
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Alcohol research and its implications for prevention and treatment....Pages 477-488
Drinking practices and their effect on sober cognitive performance....Pages 489-495
Attitudes towards drinking....Pages 497-509
Chronic alcoholism in a multi-disciplinary clinic in a district general hospital....Pages 511-525
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Alcohol education: does it really affect drinking problems?....Pages 529-537
Back Matter....Pages 539-546