Jim Orford

Addiction Dilemmas

Family Experiences from Literature and Research and Their Lessons for Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected â?" 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 relativeâ?(tm)s addiction

- Raises questions and points to controversies rather than dispensing prescriptive â??one size fits allâ?(tm) advice

- Brings together accounts from research interviews, biography, autobiography and relevant fiction in a creative and original way

- Tackles common misunderstandings at public, practitioner, scholarly and policy levels about the predicaments that family members commonly find themselves in

- Each chapter closes with a commentary, questions and exercises designed to further develop understanding for professionals and students

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780470977026
• ISBN-10: 0470977027
• Artikelnr.: 33841525

Autorenporträt

Jim Orford is Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of Birmingham. His books on addiction include Excessive -Appetites: A Psychological View of Addictions (2e, 2001)and An Unsafe Bet?: The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii Sources and Acknowledgements xiii 1. We'll Be There for Him: A
Family Responds to Relapse 1 2. Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene
O'Neill 9 3. Tough Love: A Television Studio Discussion 15 4. Wives of
Gamblers 21 5. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 31 6. British
SikhWives and Daughters Stand Up toMen's Drinking 38 7. Nil By Mouth: A
Film by Gary Oldman 46 8. Worrying for Drinkers in Aboriginal Australia 52
9. A Prodigal Son: The Mother's Story 65 10. Parents of Problem Gamblers 75
11. The Tale of Caitlin Thomas 88 12. Dylan Thomas in America by John
Malcolm Brinnin 103 13. An Imaginary Conversation:Wives in Mexico, England,
South Korea and Italy 111 14. Father Figure by Beverley Nichols 124 15.
Growing Up with My Mother by Virginia Ironside 131 16. Mrs Sara Coleridge
and Friends 138 17. Five Husbands ofWives with Drinking Problems: A Focus
Group 153 18. A Chancer by James Kelman 169 19. Growing Up with ParentsWho
Drink Excessively: Four Stories 175 20. Baudelaire and His Mother in Chains
185 21. Fever Pitch by Richard Brooks 194 22. I Only Had the Baby'sWelfare
at Heart: Concerned Grandmothers 199 Further Reading 207 Index 209

Rezensionen

"Professor Orford is one of the most distinguished researchers of the addictions today. In this book he aims to counter the neglect and misunderstanding faced by families affected by addiction - an estimated one million worldwide- and to highlight the personal, professional and public policy dilemmas. By drawing on personal accounts from fiction, autobiography and Professor Orford's own international research programme, the voices of children, wives, grandparents and friends spring to life. The penetrating and sensitive commentary, and thought-provoking questions and exercises make this book invaluable for practitioners, researchers and family members. It demonstrates the many shared experiences of family members across continents and over time, whether alcohol, drug misuse or gambling is involved." -- Judith Harwin, Professor of Social Work, Brunel University, UK

"Although the book may lend itself best to a student leadership, its diversity and links to the addiction literature will make it of interest to a wide range of professionals, as well as all who have had any personal contact with addiction." (The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1 May 2012)