The Treatment of Drinking Problems - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Foreword

pp ix-x

A note on the fifth edition

pp xi-xii

Introduction

pp xiii-xvi

Section 1 - Background to understanding

pp 1-118

1 - Definitions of drinking problems

pp 3-16

2 - Alcohol as a drug

pp 17-26

3 - Causes of drinking problems

pp 27-35

4 - Social complications of drinking problems

pp 36-49

5 - Physical complications of excessive drinking

pp 50-72

6 - Drinking problems and psychiatric disorders

pp 73-93

7 - Alcohol and other drug problems

pp 94-104

8 - Various presentations

pp 105-118

Section 2 - Treatment: context and content

pp 119-254

9 - Introduction, settings and roles

pp 121-125

10 - Non-specialist settings

pp 126-142

11 - Assessment as the beginning of therapy

pp 143-164

12 - Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal

pp 165-179

13 - The basic work of treatment

pp 180-196

14 - Specialist treatment

pp 197-217

15 - Alcoholics Anonymous and other mutual-help organizations

pp 218-226

16 - Spiritual and religious issues in treatment

pp 227-235

17 - Working towards normal drinking

pp 236-243

18 - When things go wrong and putting them right

pp 244-254

Index

pp 255-260