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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
