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Introduction Part I. Background to Understanding: 1. The history of treatment for drinking problems 2. Causes of drinking problems 3. Alcohol as a drug 4. The alcohol dependence syndrome 5. Drinking problems and the family 6. Social complications of excessive drinking 7. Drinking problems as cause of neuropsychiatric disorder 8. Alcohol problems and psychiatric comorbidity 9. Alcohol and other drug problems 10. Physical complications of excessive drinking 11. Women with drinking problems 12. Some special presentations 13. Drinking problems and the life course Part II. Screening, Assessment and Treatment: 14. Case identification and screening 15. Assessment as the beginning of therapy 16. Withdrawal states and treatment of withdrawal 17. The basic work of treatment 18. Alcoholics Anonymous 19. Special techniques 20. Working toward normal drinking 21. When things go wrong and putting them right 22. Treatment settings, professional roles, and the organisation of treatment services Index.