Specialist treatment of drinking problems
Molecular Structure of Disulfiram In 1952, the Danish team patented disulfiram as “antabus,” which was Anglicized to “Antabuse” in the coming years. Americans learnt of it from an article on…
NEUROLOGY
Managing setbacks and challenges in treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 17 Managing setbacks and challenges in treatment A novice clinician can get a false impression of how the treatment of drinking problems typically proceeds. Clinical…
Pursuing treatment outcomes other than abstinence
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 16 Pursuing treatment outcomes other than abstinence For much of the 1960s and into the 1980s, the alcohol treatment field was riven by the “controlled…
Religion, spirituality, and values in treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 15 Religion, spirituality, and values in treatment I stopped drinking the day my son was born. Ariel’s labor was really, really difficult and she was…
Alcoholics Anonymous and other mutual-help organizations
Figure 14.1: A meeting of the Washingtonians. Courtesy Illinois Addiction Study Archives. Change processes What are the essential processes through which AA helps members change? Although the answer to this…
The therapeutic relationship
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 12 The therapeutic relationship Three patients with drinking problems talk about their care providers: I remember when I first met that doctor. She seemed friendly…
Assessment of patients with drinking problems
Figure 10.1: William Sealy Gosset. Courtesy of Guinness/Diageo. History of and current reasons for help-seeking Enquiry should be made both about help sought by the patient in the past and…
Withdrawal states and their clinical management
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Withdrawal states and their clinical management Many individuals who have sustained serious problems as a result of their drinking have not developed dependence and…
New techniques for deep brain stimulation lead implantation
(a) Leksell stereotactic frame being applied. (b) Patient on CT gantry with localizer box containing fiducial markers. (c) CT head showing localizer box and fiducial markers; fiducials are seen inside…
Surgical placement of deep brain stimulating leads for the treatment of movement disorders – intraoperative aspects: physiological mapping, test stimulation, and patient evaluation
Figure 3.1 Schematic diagram of the nuclei and pathways of the basal ganglia. The nigrostriatal pathway from the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) to the striatum is dopaminergic. In PD…
