1st Edition

Alcohol Problems in the United States Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective

By Thomas F Mcgovern, William White Copyright 2002
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Alcohol Problems in the United States: Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective presents an overview of trends in the treatment of alcohol problems over a 20-year period from three vantage points: broader treatment perspectives, experienced views from the field, and personal perspectives. Some of the field's foremost experts, including Alcoholics Anonymous historian Dr. Ernest Kurtz and Dr. Robert... Read more
  • Introduction
  • Broader Treatment Perspectives
  • Alcoholics Anonymous and the Disease Concept of Alcoholism
  • Treatment for Alcoholism: Older and Wiser?
  • Spirituality, Alcohol, and Other Drug Problems: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?
  • American Prisons as Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers: A Twenty-Year Reflection, 1980 to 2000
  • Alcoholism/Addiction as a Chronic Disease: From Rhetoric to Clinical Reality
  • A View From the Field
  • Twenty Volumes of ATQ: A Content Analysis
  • Youthful Drinking
  • Reflections on the Past, Present, and Possible Future of Women’s Alcoholism Treatment
  • Alcohol Problems in Native America: Changing Paradigms and Clinical Practices
  • The Response of African American Communities to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems: An Opportunity for Treatment Providers
  • Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous Among African-Americans
  • Latinos and Alcohol: Treatment Considerations
  • Personal Perspectives
  • Trends in the Treatment of Alcohol Problems: 1980 to 2000
  • Treating Co-Occurring Alcohol-Drug Dependence and Mental Illness: A Personal Retrospective Reflection (1971-2001)
  • A Tale of Two Cities (and Two Programs): The Rise and Fall of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Treatment at the Mayo Clinic and Timberlawn Hospital, 1975-2000
  • Broadening the Base of Treatment for Alcohol Problems, a 1990 Report for the Institute of Medicine: Personal Reflections
  • Treating Alcohol Problems: A Future Perspective
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Mcgovern, Thomas F; White, William