Alcoholism

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that, regardless of what definition of alcoholism is chosen, the facts show that alcoholism is pervasive in the society and costly in terms of people and resources. The author points out that the international treatment communities don't favor the disease model of alcoholism, but the United States treatment and researchers are holding steadfast to this paradigm. The paper relates that the symptoms of alcoholism, both physiological and psychological, often are related to the damage, which has been inflicted on the alcoholic's body especial in the area of perception and motor skills.

Table of Contents
What is Alcoholism?
Disease or Social Problem?
Symptoms of Alcoholism
Treatment Options

From the Paper:

"Psychodynamic therapy is based on psychoanalytical theory. Basically, the theory of the therapists engaged in psychodynamic therapy is that a person requires intervention to get over a time when he was stuck in his or her development. The goal of therapy is "to change an aspect of one's identity or personality or to integrate key developmental learning." This type of therapy examines the person's past in detail and attempts to change the person's reaction to some elements of the past."

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