Addiction Dilemmas
Family Experiences from Literature and Research and Their Lessons for Practice
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Beschreibung
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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Jim Orford
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"Although the book may lend itself best to a studentleadership, its diversity and links to the addiction literaturewill make it of interest to a wide range of professionals, as wellas all who have had any personal contact with addiction." (The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1 May 2012)
Professor Orford is one of the most distinguished researchers ofthe addictions today. In this book he aims to counter the neglectand misunderstanding faced by families affected by addiction- an estimated one million worldwide- and to highlight thepersonal, professional and public policy dilemmas. By drawing onpersonal accounts from fiction, autobiography and ProfessorOrford's own international research programme, the voices ofchildren, wives, grandparents and friends spring to life. Thepenetrating and sensitive commentary, and thought-provokingquestions and exercises make this book invaluable forpractitioners, researchers and family members. It demonstrates themany shared experiences of family members across continents andover time, whether alcohol, drug misuse or gambling isinvolved.
--Judith Harwin, Professor of Social Work,Brunel University, U
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