Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics

First book to use behavioral analysis to talk about Adult Children of Alcoholics

Offers a systematic behavioral analysis of drinking and non drinking offspring of alcoholic families. This book identifies the functional and behavioral characteristics that make up the adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) syndrome.Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics showcases the first collection of treatment chapters devoted entirely to a systematic behavioral analysis of drinking and nondrinking offspring of alcoholic families. The author identifies the functional and behavioral characteristics that make up the adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) syndrome. This compendium combines current innovations in behavioral medicine with multi-componential interventions shown effective with the variety of disorders evident in this patient population. This handbook for practitioners is richly laced with case examples and addresses the needs of therapists seeking fast, effective and proven treatments for longstanding clinical symptoms of children of alcoholics.