Addiction dilemmas : family experiences from literature and research and their challenges for practice / / Jim Orford
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Orford Jim
|
| Titolo: |
Addiction dilemmas : family experiences from literature and research and their challenges for practice / / Jim Orford
|
| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.86 |
| Soggetto topico: | Substance abuse - Psychological aspects |
| Substance abuse - Social aspects | |
| Families | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Addiction dilemmas |
| ISBN: | 1-283-20456-8 |
| 9786613204561 | |
| 1-119-97882-3 | |
| 1-119-97883-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814883303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |