Alcoholism, analysis of a world-wide problem : proceedings of the ALC 82 International Conference, held in Oxford, England, 30 March-4 April 1982

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 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 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 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 AA and the growing self-help movement....Pages 221-229 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 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 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 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 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 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 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 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 Front Matter....Pages 427-427 The history, the philosophy and the essential components of employee assistance programmes....Pages 429-437 A contemporary view of employee assistance....Pages 439-447 Front Matter....Pages 427-427 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 Front Matter....Pages 475-475 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