288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Community surveys reveal that about 6% of the adult male and 1% of the adult female population in England and Wales are drinking at high risk levels. Alcohol Problems in the Community examines the implications of recent community care legislation for government policy on alcohol. The first part of the book begins with a report on recent US research on the role of alcohol in the perpetration of... Read more
Introduction 1 Inter-generational links between childhood abuse and alcohol-related problems 2 Alcohol and youth 3 Alcohol and the care of older people 4 People with learning difficulties: alcohol and ordinary lives 5 Drinking and homelessness in the UK 6 Social influences on treatment outcomes 7 Gender divisions and drinking problems 8 Services for women: the way forward 9 Drinking problems among Black communities 10 Community care policy and the future of alcohol services
Biography
Larry Harrison is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Professional Studies at the University of Hull.
`very different and thought-provoking vision of community alcohol services...There are thorough and interesting case studies on drinking and its attendant problems amongst a number of specific groups' Health Services News, Vol 8, No 1
`A good introduction to a variety of social groups and alcohol-related risks.' Medical Sociology News
