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Working Together to Reduce Harmful Drinking

Working Together to Reduce Harmful Drinking
  • Edited by Marcus Grant, and Mark Leverton.

Published October 2009

This book is intended to contribute to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. It explores areas where alcohol producers’ technical competence can and does make a positive contribution to reducing harmful drinking and where industry…
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Social Behaviour and Network Therapy for Alcohol Problems

Social Behaviour and Network Therapy for Alcohol Problems
  • By Alex Copello, Jim Orford, Ray Hodgson and Gillian Tober.

Published June 2009

This book serves as a manual for clinicians working with people with alcohol problems. The manual is based on previous research in addiction treatment, including family and social network interventions, as well the authors' own work developing and evaluating Social Behaviour and Network Therapy (…
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Swimming with Crocodiles

The Culture of Extreme Drinking

Swimming with Crocodiles
  • Edited by Marjana Martinic, and Fiona Measham.

Published June 2008

There is evidence that a distinct pattern of alcohol consumption is emerging across the world and is a cause for concern because of its relationship with a range of health and social problems. Its visibility, particularly its high involvement of young people, makes this not only an issue for public…
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Drinking in Context

Patterns, Interventions, and Partnerships

Drinking in Context
  • Edited by Gerry Stimson, Marcus Grant, Marie Choquet and Preston Garrison.

Published December 2006

Drinking beverage alcohol is a widespread source of individual and social pleasure in most countries around the world. Yet, some drinking patterns can lead to serious physical, mental, and social harms. Drinking in Context is intended to complement existing volumes dealing with international…
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Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems

The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures

Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems
  • By Jim Orford, Guillermina Natera, Alex Copello, Carol Atkinson, Jazmin Mora, Richard Velleman, Ian Crundall, Marcela Tiburcio, Lorna Templeton and Gwen Walley.

Published September 2005

What difference does culture make? Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems: The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures aims to deepen and extend understanding of the experiences of family members trying to cope with the excessive drinking or drug taking of a…
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Alcohol

The Need and Potential for Partnership

Corporate Social Responsibility and Alcohol
  • Edited by Marcus Grant, and Joyce O'Connor.

Published May 2005

Increased scrutiny on the part of the general public, media, and government has warranted a reexamination of corporate responsibilities, standards of accountability, the company's role in its local and extended community, and its ethical position in our society and culture. Corporate Social…
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Moonshine Markets

Issues in Unrecorded Alcohol Beverage Production and Consumption

Moonshine Markets
  • Edited by Alan Haworth, and Ronald Simpson.

Published November 2003

This text reports on patterns of consumption of non-branded alcohol in seven countries: Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Using local consultants, investigators interviewed families in each country, in both rural and urban areas, on the subject of their drinking habits…
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Aggression

Individual Differences, Alcohol And Benzodiazepines

Aggression
  • By Alyson Bond, Malcolm Lader and Jose da Silveira.

Published July 1997

The incidence of aggression and violence is of wide concern. It is therefore vital that we try to understand the mechanisms involved. This book outlines definitions and theories of aggressive behaviour and points out the contribution of both biological and psychological factors. Aggression…
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Clinical Neuropsychology of Alcoholism

Clinical Neuropsychology of Alcoholism
  • By Robert G Kinght, and Barry E. Longmore.

Published April 1996

Alcohol abuse is a major health problem in most parts of the world. This book focuses on the way in which alcohol affects the brain, with the aim of describing advances in the neuropsychology of alcoholism in a way that makes this work accessible to clinicians from a variety of backgrounds who…
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Shame, Guilt, and Alcoholism

Treatment Issues in Clinical Practice

  • By Ron Potter-Efron, and Bruce Carruth.

Published March 1989

Increase your understanding of the link between alcoholism and shame and guilt with this tremendously important book that adds to our understanding of the total recovery process. This practical volume authoritatively defines the often elusive terms of shame and guilt and provides constructive…
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