1st Edition
The Other Half Wives of Alcoholics and Their Social-Psychological Situation
By Jacqueline Wiseman
Copyright 1991
297 Pages
by
Routledge
297 Pages
by
Routledge
594 Pages
by
Routledge
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This current study has emerged from two decades of the author's investigations in related areas: alcoholism and domestic relations. Its canvas is broadly comparative, drawing on interviews and data gathered in the United States and Finland. The domestic drama of The Other Half is played out both in the private scene of the home and the more public scene of the workplace, and against these two... Read more
Foreword, Preface, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. DIAGNOSING ALCOHOLISM: THE HIDDENDRAMA ON THE HOME FRONT, 3. THE HOME TREATMENT, 4. SEEKING TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM: THE POLEMIC BETWEEN THE POTENTIAL PATIENT, THE CONCERNED WIFE, AND THE THERAPIST, 5. THE MALEVOLENT PENDULUM: DRUNKENAND SOBER BEHAVIOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC AS PERCEIVED BY HIS WIFE, 6. THE PRIVATE TRAGEDY OF ALCOHOLISM: THE FAILED MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP, 7. PORTS IN A STORM FOR A CONTAGIOUS DISABILITY, 8. MANAGING THEIR OWN LIVES: THE CHALLENGE AND THE BARRIERS, EPILOGUE. SOBRIETY AND THE DYNAMICS OF MARITAL INTERACTION: THE COMPLEX CONNECTION METHODOLOGY, INTERVIEW TOPIC GUIDE, REFERENCES, INDEX
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Jacqueline Wiseman
