Alcohol Use: Assessment, Withdrawal Management, Treatment and Therapy Ethical Practice

The book brings together the most up-to-date knowledge and expertise covering the whole topic of alcohol. It presents the practical skills needed to offer ethical intervention and treatment and implement ethical person-centered care. It is a practice-based text that aims to improve ethical relationships, responses, care and practice necessary to be effective in interventions and treatment with those experiencing alcohol use and health problems. The focus is on combining the principles and philosophy of alcohol prevention and intervention, in hospital and community.

Each chapter provides self-assessment exercises, reflective practice exercises, key points and  a "to learn more" section, and develops a theoretical framework, before broadening to include application in care and practice. This work will appeal to a wide readership, from  professionals working within the mental health care and practice environment to mental health students.

Section 1: Alcohol use: Introduction. Alcohol use. Ethical practice. Palliative care. Transcultural considerations. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning. Mental health. Physical health.- Section 2: Assessment: Referral. Response. Assessment. Adolescent and young adult.-  Female adult. Male adult. Older adult. Supporting the family. Binge drinking. Brief intervention.- Section 3: Detoxification: Who needs detoxification. Assessment of risk in detoxification. Hospital detoxification. Home detoxification.- Section 4: Treatment: Post-detoxification. Relapse. Motivational interviewing. End-of-life care.- Section 5: Conclusion: The challenges ahead. Appendices.

David B. Cooper has specialized in mental health and substance use for over 40 years. He is currently an Honorary Research Associate: Drug and Alcohol Research Centre – Middlesex University and Associate Editor for the Journal of Substance Use. He is former Editor-in-Chief of this journal. He also served as an editor-in-chief of Mental Health and Substance Use. Seminal work includes Alcohol Home Detoxification and Assessment, and Alcohol Use (both published by Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford). David Cooper edited a series of seven textbooks with the series title of Mental Health-Substance Use (CRC Press / Routledge) and co-edited a series of three book with the series title of Palliative Care within Mental Health (CRC Press). He has edited and or written 12 books. He has published over 60 journal articles, and 25 book chapters that cover, transcultural concerns, communication, service management, hope and coping, assessment, and therapeutic relationships, including work published by WHO.