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476 S.; 25 cm; priv. Halbleinenband.

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Gutes Ex. - Kompletter Jahrgang 1968 / International Journal of Psychiatry. - Englisch. - INHALT (Auszug): A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Alcoholism ---- Ruth Fox ---- Treatment of the alcoholic, to be successful, must be multidisciplinary. The use of psychotherapy or counseling, disulfiram (Antabuse), Alcoholics Anonymous, group therapy, psychodrama, occasionally LSD, sometimes hypnosis, and treatment of the families concurrently will enhance the results. In many cases the clergy may also be helpful. For the social isolation of the alcoholic, and often for his employment difficulties, it will be necessary to use the many ancillary resources of the community. ---- Critical Evalnations: ---- Richard Brotman (U.S.) TOTAL TREATMENT ---- Dr. Fox's article stresses the need for better functioning in all areas of the alcoholic patient's life, but most treatment modal-ities she describes stop at achievement of sobriety. A need exists as well to develop differenüal diagnosis enabling a classi-fication of alcohol treatment modalities. ---- Morris E. Chafetz (U.S.) THE PAST REVISITED ---- Alcohologists have become locked in a cage of stereotype much like that from which they have called upon others to free themselves. A multidisciplinary approach to any social problem is necessary, but reliance on quantification of any and all types and sources of treatment covers confusion and uncertainty. Uncharacteristically and regrettably, Dr. Fox also impugns the motivation of alcoholics who seek treatment. ---- Keith S. Ditman (U.S.) DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TREAT-MENT FOR ALCOHOLISM? ---- Alcoholism is still a poorly understood and underestimated problem. It is more prevalent than generally realized, and alcoholics usually have problems other than excessive drink-ing. A multidisciplinary approach to treatment has been found most effective because the needs of the alcoholic change as treatment progresses, because of the complexity of the Illness, and because of the lack of a specific treatment for the condition. ---- L. Takeo Doi (Japan) IS PSYCHIATRY NOT SCIENTIFIC? ---- Leston Havens's application to psychiatry of an approach de-signed for art criticism creates an effect of esthetic pleasure for the reader. However, psychiatry remains a true science even though its application is an art. Furthermore, national styles and preoccupations in psychiatric theory are enriching and complementary, rather than contradictory. Finally, Havens is mislead into a false perfectionism by failure to accept a basic insight of psychoanalysis-that we are all potentially psychologically ill. ---- George Mora (U.S.) A REFRESHING INGENUITY ---- Dr. Havens's discussion is original in its return to primary sources, and he succeeds in crystallizing concepts which many have felt all along. Dr. Havens's assumption of progress in psychiatry is valid for organized psychiatry in the past 150 years, but the period immediately before that was especially benighted. Despite his respect for biological and social factors, Dr. Havens's essay focuses on the medical model of mental disease in a way that indicates that the inner core of psychiatric developments can best be evaluated by a practicing psychiatrist. ---- (u.v.v.a.)