Responding to Drinking Problems (Paperback, 1)

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  Part One ? Alcohol: Its Uses and Abuses  1. The Good and Bad Effects of Alcohol  2. Concepts of Alcohol Abuse  Part Two ? Drinking Problems: Epidemiology and Etiology  3. The Prevalence and Causes of Drinking Problems  Part Three ? The Existing Response  4. Concepts of the Response  5. Seeking, Refusing or Hiding from Help  6. The Anxieties of General Community Agents  7. Role Insecurity and Low Therapeutic Commitment  Part Four ? Theories About Improving the Response  8. Previous Theories about Improving the Response  9. Developing Role Security and Therapeutic Commitment  Part Five ? Experiments in Improving the Response  10. The CAT Training Courses: Improving the Recognition of Drinking Problems  11. The CAT Consultation Service: Improving the Response to Individual Clients with Drinking Problems  12. A Case Illustration of the CAT Consultation Service  Part Six ? Conclusion  13. Towards a Community Response.  References.  Index.