Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. 1. Introduction Jim Orford 2. Schizophrenia and the Family Max Birchwood and Joanne Smith 3. Families with Mentally Handicapped Children Jan Pahl and Lyn Quine 4. Chronic Physical Disorder in Adults Keith A. Nichols 5. Coping with Problem Drinking in the Family Barbara S. MacCrady and William Hay 6. Anorexia and the Family Robert L. Palmer, Pamela Marshall and Rhoda Oppenheimer 7. Senile Dementia and the Family Mary L. M. Gilhooly 8. Violence Towards Wives R. Emerson Dobash and Russell P. Dobash 9. Depression and the Family Liz Kuipers 10. Chronic Disease in Childhood Christine Eiser 11. Brain Damage and the Family Nick Moffat 12. Integration: A General Account of Families Coping with Disorder Jim Orford. Index.
Biography
Jim Orford is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Originally trained as a clinical psychologist, he later played a leading role in promoting community psychology in the UK and in Europe. He is an internationally recognised researcher and writer on addiction and its effects on the family. He was co-founder, and is now Honorary Life President, of AFINet, the Addiction and the Family International Network. Other current interests lie in the area of political psychology, notably in understanding the support for war, and the acceptance of high levels of economic inequality (website: www.jim.orford.org).
