NCJ Number
154039
Editor(s)
R T Potter-Efron,
P S Potter-Efron
Date Published
1990
Length
234 pages
Annotation
This comprehensive book discusses the multifaceted dynamics and treatment implications of violence and chemical dependency.
Abstract
The articles included in this book explore aggression and violence associated with substance abuse; differential diagnosis of physiological, psychiatric, and sociocultural conditions associated with aggression and substance abuse; alcohol and family violence; and the dynamics and treatment of spouse battering and chemical dependency. Other topics examined here include abuse in adult children of substance dependents; alcoholism and sex abuse in the family; prevention and treatment strategies associated with children at risk; child maltreatment and alcohol abuse; adult self- injury as a response to childhood abuse; and therapeutic and professional boundary issues.