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• Title:The treatment of drinking problems : a guide for the helping professions / Griffith Edwards, E. Jane Marshall, Christopher C.H. Cook.
  
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• Author/Creator:Edwards, Griffith.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Marshall, E. Jane.
  Cook, Chris (Christopher C.H.)
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM274 .E39 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM274 .E39 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Alcoholism--Treatment.
  
• Medical Subjects: Alcoholism--therapy.
  
• Edition:4th ed.
  
• Description:xvi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:The Treatment of Drinking Problems has become, over the past twenty 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.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  
• ISBN:0521017149 (pbk.)
  9780521017145 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Background to understanding
  The history of treatment for drinking problems
  Causes of drinking problems
  Alcohol as a drug
  The alcohol dependence syndrome
  Drinking problems and the family
  Social complications of drinking
  Drinking problems as cause of neuropsychiatric disorders
  Alcohol problems and psychiatric co-morbidity
  Alcohol and other drug problems
  Physical complications of excessive drinking
  Women with drinking problems
  Some special presentations
  Drinking problems and the life course
  Screening, assessment and treatment
  Case identification and screening
  Assessment as the beginning of therapy
  Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal
  The basic work of treatment
  Alcoholics Anonymous
  Special techniques
  Working towards normal drinking
  When things go wrong, and putting them right
  Treatment settings, professional roles and the organization of treatment services.