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Autore |
Orford Jim |
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Titolo |
Addiction dilemmas [[electronic resource] ] : family experiences from literature and research and their challenges for practice / / Jim Orford |
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Chichester, Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-20456-8 |
9786613204561 |
1-119-97882-3 |
1-119-97883-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Substance abuse - Psychological aspects |
Substance abuse - Social aspects |
Families |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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We'll be there for him : a family responds to relapse -- Long day's journey into night by Eugene O'Neill -- Tough love : a television studio discussion -- Wives of gamblers -- The tenant of wildfell hall by Anne Bront -- British sikh wives and daughters stand up to men's drinking -- Nil by mouth : a film by Gary Oldman -- Worrying for drinkers in aboriginal Australia -- A prodigal son : the mother's story -- Parents of problem gamblers -- The tale of Caitlin Thomas -- Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin -- An imaginary conversation : wives in Mexico, England, South Korea and Italy -- Father figure by Beverley Nichols -- Growing up with my mother by Virginia Ironside -- Mrs Sara Coleridge and friends -- Five husbands of wives with drinking problems : a focus group -- A chancer by James Kelman -- Growing up with parents who drink excessively : four stories -- Baudelaire and his mother in chains -- Fever pitch by Richard Brooks -- I only had the baby's welfare at heart : concerned grandmothers. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range |
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of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that they face, and the coping strategies that they have found useful. Draws on a unique breadth of material to illustrate the dilemmas faced by family members in coping with a close relative's addictionRaises questions and points to controversies rather than dispensing prescriptive ""one size fits all"" advice</d |
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