Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-12

a wife or husband may send an erring spouse
Inc personnel departments OF industry NAV direct
10 the clinics the workers whose drinking is a
constant problem
The clinics cannot do much if anything for
those who are dragged in unwngly, but those
who recognize their disease clearly enough 10
accept treatment will benefit
When the inebriate enters the clinics Che must
De SOBER Tor these are not sobering-up stations
hangover cures) he will be interviewed by a
psychiatrfst who will endeavor 10 discover those
deeply hidden conflicts disappointments, anxieties
dlsatfections or boredom which led him to his
craving for intoxication.
Then social workers will endeayor to recon
struct the life history of the patient from records
and sources including the family.
Psychologists will determine the picture Of his
abilities and limitations physician will give him
thorough physical examination.
The psychiatrist will then combine the results
of all these examinations which would
give him picture of the type OF man or
y woman he has before him, the influences
which contributed toward the excessive
rn drinking, and the psychological resources
and liabilities of the patient.
According to the total picture thus
presented, he will determine the kind Of
treatment which promises the best pros.
poets and successful results.
The treatment, of course will depend
on the temperament, personality, family and social
situation OF the patient. II will not be given by
the clinics; the psychiatrist will recommend what
treatment the patient should receive
The clinics will, however, undertake to put the
patient IN contact with that kind of institution or
person most suitable to carry out the treatment
There may be some among those referred 10
the clinics who are found 10 have mental disorders
in which heavy drinking is quite Incidental. In
such cases treatment for the mental disorder in
a state mental hospital is the only possible rec
ommendatlon. They cannot be treated for drink.
ing, since this is merely symptom of the disease.
The psychiatTist may find in some individuals
q certain readiness for religious experience. II
such readiness is developed into it's fun possibi-
ties the religious experience may offer the solution
In case of this sort, the patient may be
referred by the clinics 10 a minister.
Occasionally patient with readiness for
religious experience may be referred 10 that
courageous group of men and women known as
Alcoholics Anonymous.
These people have themselves been victims OF
the craving for intoXcation and have helped one
another TO overcome the malady, and have recog-
niZed that they by themselves, unable to
accomplish the recovery without spiritual support.
Those who have contracted the disease of
inebriety through compliance with the customs of
inner difficulties, may be referred to physician
skilled IN what IS known as the aversion or
conditioned reflex treatment.
In this type of treatment an aversion TO
alcoholic beverages is created in the patient by
means of certain drugs and when the aversion i
we'll established, psychological pressure is applied
TO reinforce the neWlyacqured habit OF abstinence.
There may be cases in which it appears to the
pSyci1iatr1St that all the patient needs is 10 be
given a chance TO use certain unemployed abili-
ties or ambitions.
In such cases the patient will be put in touch
with agencies which can offer the opportunities
In some cases the clinics may help TO establish con-
tact with an appropriate employer
OF course, If the police court sends over some
one with long record of arrests and JAIL and
the diagnosis determines that he is not primarily
an alcoholic, but merely criminal who drinks too
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