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Introduction
Background to understanding
Definitions of drinking problems
Alcohol as a drug
Causes of drinking problems
Social complications and consequences
Physical complications of excessive drinking
Drinking problems and psychiatric co-morbidity
Alcohol and other drugs
Various clinical presentations
Screening, assessment and treatment
Introduction, settings and roles
Non-specialist settings
Assessment as the beginning of therapy
Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal
The basic work of treatment
Specialist treatment and pharmacotherapy
Alcoholics Anonymous and alternatives
Spiritual and religious issues in treatment
Working towards normal drinking
When things go wrong and putting them right
Index.
Background to understanding
Definitions of drinking problems
Alcohol as a drug
Causes of drinking problems
Social complications and consequences
Physical complications of excessive drinking
Drinking problems and psychiatric co-morbidity
Alcohol and other drugs
Various clinical presentations
Screening, assessment and treatment
Introduction, settings and roles
Non-specialist settings
Assessment as the beginning of therapy
Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal
The basic work of treatment
Specialist treatment and pharmacotherapy
Alcoholics Anonymous and alternatives
Spiritual and religious issues in treatment
Working towards normal drinking
When things go wrong and putting them right
Index.