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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
ELDERLY ALCOHOLISM; CONTENTS; Chapter I INTRODUCTION; Chapter II LOSSES AS PRECURSORS OFELDERLY ALCOHOLISM; Chapter III HOW ALCOHOL ABUSE INFLUENCESTHE AGING PROCESS; Chapter IV THEORIES OF AGING; Chapter V DIFFICULTY IN IDENTIFICATION; Chapter VI SPECIAL POPULATIONS; Chapter VII INTERVENTION; Chapter VIII PRACTICE VALUES/ATTITUDES; Chapter IX PRACTICE STRATEGIES:; Chapter X THE SPIRITUAL COMPONENT OF TREATMENT; Chapter XI RELAPSE; Chapter XII ELDERLY SUICIDE:CAUSES AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES; Chapter XIII ON-SITE PROGRAM VISITS; Chapter XIV FUTURE TRENDS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
| Summary |
This text is the first of its kind to substantively integrate alcoholism, aging, and grief theories into an easy-to-understand format for interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate students in the behavioral and physical sciences. Written to prepare students in working with an elderly clientele, the reader is provided with elder-specific practice methodology derived from experiential and theoretical content. Chapters 1 through 4 alert the readers to the nature of elderly alcoholism and accompanying aging theories. Chapter 5 underscores the challenges faced by professionals in identifying eld. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Alcohol use.
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Older people -- Alcohol use. |
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Alcoholism -- Treatment.
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Alcoholism -- Treatment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beechem, Michael. Elderly Alcoholism : Intervention Strategies. Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©2002 9780398072865 |
| ISBN |
9780398083618 (electronic book) |
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0398083614 (electronic book) |
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