Alcoholism: A Review of Its Characteristics, Etiology, Treatments, and Controversies

alcoholism: A Review Of Its Characteristics, Etiology, Treatment, And Controversies Provides An Accurate Picture Of The Current State Of Research And Treatment Effectiveness In The Field Of Alcoholism. Using Compelling Evidence, Irving Maltzman Describes How The Field Has Been Distorted By The Behavior Therapy Approach. A Distinguished Experimental Psychologist At The University Of California, Los Angeles, Professor Maltzman Has Written A Comprehensive, Important Work Marked By Incisive Argument. Alcoholism Is An Excellent Reference For Academics As Well As Professionals Working In Addictions Treatment. Preliminaries......Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 13 LIST OF TABLES......Page 14 List of Contributors......Page 16 Preface......Page 18 1. New Life in Suicide Science......Page 22 2. Decades of Suicide Research: Wherefrom and Whereto?......Page 30 3. The Hopelessness Theory of Suicidality......Page 38 4. Escaping the Self Consumes Regulatory Resources......Page 54 5. Toward an Integrated Theory of Suicidal Behaviors......Page 64 6. Shame, Guilt, and Suicide......Page 88 7. Mood Regulation and Suicidal Behavior......Page 102 8. Desperate Acts for Desperate Times......Page 126 9. Suicide and Panic Disorder......Page 138 10. Suicide Risk in Externalizing Syndromes......Page 158 11. Studying Interpersonal Factors in Suicide......Page 196 12. Gender, Social Roles, and Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in a General Population Sample......Page 222 13. Suicidal Behavior in African American Women with a History of Childhood Maltreatment......Page 242 14. Issues in the Evaluation of Youth Suicide Prevention......Page 262 15. Recognition and Treatment of Suicidal Youth......Page 272 16. A Conceptual Scheme for Assessing Treatment Outcome in Suicidality......Page 292 Suicide kills and maims victims; traumatizes loved ones; preoccupies clinicians; and costs health care and emergency agencies fortunes. It should therefore demand a wealth of theoretical, scientific, and fiduciary attention. But in many ways it has Why? Although the answer to this question is multi-faceted, this volume not. supposes that one answer to the question is a lack of elaborated and penetrating theoretical approaches. The authors of this volume were challenged to apply their considerable theoretical wherewithal to this state of affairs. They have risen to this challenge admirably, in that several ambitious ideas are presented and developed. Ifever a phenomenon should inspire humility, it is suicide, and the volume’s authors realize this. Although several far-reaching views are proposed, they are pitched as first approximations, with the primary goal of stimulating still more conceptual and empirical work. A pressing issue in suicide science is the topic of clinical interventions, and clinical approaches more generally. Here too, this volume contributes, covering such topics as therapeutics and prevention, comorbidity, special populations, and clinicalrisk factors. "Suicide is a pressing international health problem, yet its breadth remains unacknowledged. The principle purpose of Suicide Science is to expand the boundaries of suicide research, by focusing on fresh approaches to the problems as well as on emerging areas of research emphasis. Expert contributors from related fields of study each lend a unique and meaningful perspective to suicidology. The end result is an important work which will prove invaluable to clinicians and researchers grappling with this vexing public health issue."--Jacket Suicide is a pressing international health problem, yet its breadth remains unacknowledged. The principal purpose of Suicide Science is to expand the boundaries of suicide research, by focusing on fresh approaches to the problems as well as on emerging areas of research emphasis. Expert contributors from related fields of study each lend a unique and meaningful perspective to suicidology. The end result is an important work which will prove invaluable to clinicians and researchers grappling with this vexing public health issue