Addiction dilemmas : [Book] : family experiences from literature and research and their challenges for practice / Jim Orford.

By:

Orford, Jim

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Malden, MA : Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Description: xix, 213 pages : 24 cmISBN:

9780470977026 (paperback)
9780470977026
9780470977019 (cloth)

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DDC classification:

616.86 23

Other classification:

616.86

Summary: Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on thoseclosest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing ona wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses andstrains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas thatthey face, and the coping strategies that they have found useful. Draws on a unique breadth of material to illustrate thedilemmas faced by family members in coping with a close relative'saddiction Raises questions and points to controversies rather thandispensing prescriptive "one size fits all" advice Brings together accounts from research interviews, biography,autobiography and relevant fiction in a creative and originalway Tackles common misunderstandings at public, practitioner,scholarly and policy levels about the predicaments that familymembers commonly find themselves in Each chapter closes with a commentary, questions and exercisesdesigned to further develop understanding for professionals andstudents

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Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on thoseclosest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing ona wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses andstrains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas thatthey face, and the coping strategies that they have found useful. Draws on a unique breadth of material to illustrate thedilemmas faced by family members in coping with a close relative'saddiction Raises questions and points to controversies rather thandispensing prescriptive "one size fits all" advice Brings together accounts from research interviews, biography,autobiography and relevant fiction in a creative and originalway Tackles common misunderstandings at public, practitioner,scholarly and policy levels about the predicaments that familymembers commonly find themselves in Each chapter closes with a commentary, questions and exercisesdesigned to further develop understanding for professionals andstudents

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