All certificate students must have their Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counseling courses approved by the Office of Educational Advising prior to registration. Financial aid is available for qualified credit students. Having studied two groups of men over three decades, he is in a unique position to tease out the factors that contributed to alcoholism in those men who developed it. His findings have profound theoretical and treatment implications. Prof. Vaillant also addresses countertransference problems of professionals working with 12-step program participants.
Audience participation is welcome.
Jerome D. Levin Permission required. A survey of the historical, epidemiological, somatic, pharmacological, sociological, anthropological, and psychological correlatives of alcohol and substance use and abuse. The disease concept and alternate conceptualizations of the etiology of alcohol and substance abuse are explicated. Treatment strategies and the dynamics of self-help groups are covered in depth. Mark Wallace Permission required.